I can read my journal from high school and know exactly when I was reading the Anne series. My language then was not only more flowery but stuffed full of happiness and perspective. I...
They Used To Be Taller I Think
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Touching Silence
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The Take-Away
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STORY Chicago 2011
The first morning of STORY – a conference for creatives – I was struck by how alike all of these original people were. The skinny jeans, fitted plaid or striped tops, scarves, beards – the latter only on the men of course. And besides that, most of us carried our Nolan Bags as well, the hand-stitched, each-unique, cloth bags stuffed with goodies that we were given...
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Plenty of Time
I tried to get my boys to watch the Justin Bieber movie. They’re 11, 10, and 5. The 5-year-old was totally interested, but that’s only because it has the song from Karate Kid in it. And what I was going for, of course, was the part where you get inspiration to follow your dreams and also to understand that people with that kind of success get there because they work...
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To Be Chosen
The novel I’m working on is about many things. The memoir I’ve...
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Two Reviews, Music and Fame
And now, a couple movie reviews, my way. Which basically means I’d never...
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Caught Up in the Swirl
“All at once, everything is different, now that I see you.” I have...
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Reading Books and Making Movies
This weekend I saw The Help. You may remember my post about the book in which...
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Just One Thing He Taught Me
Today while parking at the third school building in two days to hold an...
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The Ways We Look At Change
It’s almost that time again. The time when I clean out last year’s...







