True friends bring you edelweiss
I hadn’t seen Hannah since 2006, but when she came to visit me last weekend, it felt like I’d just seen her a few months ago. (One of the perks of moving all over the country has definitely been getting to connect with friends that I haven’t seen in years.) While we were hanging out [...]
Oh, for the love of God…
Journalism is one of those things that requires a lot of fine-line walking. You look at your own biases so carefully that you almost become afraid of them. This is especially true when your biases — your opinions, hopes, dreams, and beliefs — tend toward the easily caricatured and oft misunderstood. The predominating thought says [...]
New year, new blog, new life
I’m struck by the importance we give beginnings. We find them intimidating yet enticing; full of promise; full of redemption. We celebrate one-month anniversaries, grand re-openings, “first annual” events and odometers rolling over to even thousands. But really, beginnings aren’t special on their own. It’s how we color them with our past experiences and future [...]