White Christmas
Those five words belong to my sister. She said them often, without explanation, without a story behind them. I didn’t understand then. I do now. WHERE THIS BEGAN When I was in my early thirties, my sister, about ten years older than me would say it plainly and without elaboration: I just want some peace. At the […]
The Corner Office – My New Test Page
I Just want some peace. Those five words belong to my sister. She said them often, without explanation, without a story behind them. I didn’t understand then. I do now. Where this began WHY I STARTED WRITING I’ve thought about starting a blog many times. I’ve written stories and tucked them away, never quite […]
Testing The Corner Office
The Brother I thought I knew
I Just want some peace. Those five words belong to my sister. She said them often, without explanation, without a story behind them. I didn’t understand then. I do now. WHERE THIS BEGAN When I was in my early thirties, my sister, about ten years older than me would say it plainly and without elaboration: I […]
The Brother I thought I knew
The Things I Finally Stopped Doing
In the mist of a storm I wonder what to do.
How to Travel More for Less — Without Feeling Less
She Kept the Boarding Pass From Every Flight She Never Took
Eating Alone in a Foreign City Is an Act of Peace
The Train From Lisbon Stopped for an Hour and No One Explained Why
We were somewhere between cork trees and the coast. The heat pressed through the open windows. A woman across the aisle began peeling an orange as if time were entirely hers. It was. It was everyone’s.