“It’s hard not to think of Afghan girls skateboarding as an unlikely clash of cultures. But when you see these children tearing around...

Big thanks to Alan Jacobs (https://ayjay.org/) for introducing me to this video through his excellent newsletter - Snakes & Ladders. "If...

I saw my favorite American writer in the grocery store last night. Annie Proulx was pushing a grocery cart and choosing salsa. I...

The greatest rock n roll band on the planet just celebrated 35 years together. Last night, at a sold out show at Tacoma's Alma Mater, my...

"To be any nation's poet laureate in the 21st century requires extraordinary broad empathic range." -- Shakespeare & Co. Podcast Work...

“People who don’t read or write poetry always hold it in very high regard.” -- Nick Laird I’m a Zadie Smith fangirl. I love the poems of...

“Welcome to Backlisted. The podcast that gives new life to old books.” A couple years ago, I was at a party where there happen to be a...

"We're the young generation and we've got something to say." The death of Peter Tork brought back the memory of a family story I have...

"Learning to fall is probably the most important thing." -- billy barr For those of us in the Pacific Northwest, a couple days of big...

“Olympus Spa has merged Eastern medicinal techniques with Western relaxation techniques to create a total health conscious spa. It is the...

In fashion, every day can be your day of the dead. My first exposure to sugar skull scarves was through designer Alexander McQueen. His...

This photograph is my proof. There was that afternoon. When things were still good between us, and she embraced me, and we were so happy....

"You get really comfortable and then you're away." It is no accident that Roald Dahl has composed some of the most profound literature...

“Claudia knew that she could never pull off the old-fashioned kind of running away.” -- From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E....

Here are the rest of my January Top 10 creative inspirations. Nabhaan Rizwan and Roger Jean Nsengiyumva in Informer 5. The National...

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Inspired by Austin #StealLikeAnArtist Kleon, I’ve put together my January top artistic experiences and influences. Kleon’s is a top ten...

“Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well-preserved body, but rather to skid...

"If you want your writing to be taken seriously, don’t marry and have kids, and above all, don’t die. But if you have to die, commit...

Go flirting to serve the Lords of Social Media as a showgirl or wizard, or, looking for adventure, to wander from platform to platform of...