"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...

"Time isn’t the main thing. It’s the only thing." -- Miles Davis About once a week, I like to track my time throughout the day to keep...

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....

“Welcome to Acting Shakespeare.” -- Ian McKellen I got so much good out of watching the new documentary McKellen: Playing the Part. It...

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

There is a fantastic immediacy and rawness that happens to a room when a play is being read out loud. There is nothing between the...

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

"As with wine, tea terminology can get flowery and high-flown, but the last thing we at Teanamu want is to promote any kind of tea...

“The biggest problem you’re likely to have as a writer is not actually writing.” -- Charlie Haynes, Urban Writers Retreat This video of...

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

'Tis then when the Hurdy Gurdy Man Comes singing songs of love -- Donovan Here is number 4 on my list of top cultural experiences and...

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...

Part One: The “I’m Okay, You’re Screwed Up” Approach. "Happy to see this on display. Best acting book ever! --- Patron In an interview...

I have no argument with Orwell's excellent essay on tea. Though I put the milk in first, it warms up faster. "If you look up ‘tea’ in the...

P A T T I E M = A Richly drawn thriller about an amorally compromised doctor’s failure to explore toxic friendships. This meme by...

In 2014, I took myself to London for 50 days for my 50th birthday. Before I left the northwest, a Seattle union theatre had put out a...