What I Felt
I was listening to Nils Frahm’s album Felt while washing dishes when I was overcome by the most powerful sadness. It was a good day....
In Defense of Smell
On the bus this morning, I was reading Natasha Narayan’s book, The Maharajah’s Monkey. I enjoy the Kit Salter series about the Indiana Jones-like adventures...
Discovering the Secret of Life at Bumbershoot
I didn’t plan to drag two children under the age of 10 to all three days of Bumbershoot. But that is exactly what I did....
There’s No Place Like Home
My family watched The Wizard of Oz recently. My sense of the movie has changed every time I’ve seen it, but my response to one...
The Devil’s in the Details
One of my favorite bloggers once asked, “Why do we feel compelled to confess the stupid things we do on the internet?” Cleaning up computer...