On a recent Friday, I was on Creative Mornings/RDU's virtual speaker event with Journalist, rock critic, novelist, and 2019 Piedmont Laureate David Menconi. I am CMRDU's staff photographer; a role that has morphed drastically in this last year when all their events moved to the virtual platform (hello screen-shot photography!). On this particular day, before… Continue reading I never want to Multitask again.
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Books and Dreams
A note to readers - Here, I originally intended to simply tell you about two books: David Sedaris' Me Talk Pretty One Day, and Jhumpa Lahiri's In Other Words. They are both really good, entertaining, yet antipodes for personal accounts on learning a foreign language which is something I have tried to do for many… Continue reading Books and Dreams
The Making of a Bad Day
Bad days don't announce themselves usually but wouldn't it be wonderful if they did? I don't even need to know the specifics really; I am quite happy dealing with the mystery of it all. I just need to know that it is going to be a bad one so that I can drink a few… Continue reading The Making of a Bad Day
mon chéri, c’est vendredi!
Sharing a few feelings I am feeling right now, and wishing you a happy weekend!
Essay: Someone on Malibu Drive
My dad called me yesterday while I was outside in our yard with the kids. Sitting on a sunny patch on the front stoop, I answered the call with a, "hi dad." To which he responded with a loud and crackly, "there is [crackle crackle] mail [crackle] can't read sender [crackle] ... [fizzz]." No greetings.… Continue reading Essay: Someone on Malibu Drive
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