Live With Flair

Yesterday, I was out and about: radio interviews, meetings, concerts, and, of course, delivering Christmas cookies to the English Department since this is the last

Last night, I hosted a few neighbors for a Monday night “Soup and Stories” evening. After years of wondering what I should do next–after Monday

I invite my students to listen to, and read, David Foster Wallace’s “This is Water,” the commencement speech he delivered to graduating seniors of Kenyon

Right about now, we bake cookies almost every day till Christmas. It’s wonderful! The whole house smells like Christmas cookies. We bake cookies to keep

I was in high school and visiting my friend in Kennebunkport, Maine as her father worked with the White House press corps. President Bush hosted

I often read back over blog posts to remind myself of wisdom gleaned and all those moments of living with flair. If ever I feel

In my advanced writing courses, we talk a lot about the right timing for writing. Why this? Why now? Is this the best time to

I’m so curious about the phenomenon of losing our concept of time because we’re so involved in some creative process. One of the ways I know

Years and years ago, I joined the Grace in Small Things community with the challenge to record 5 things a day I wanted to thank

Lately I’ve been taking very seriously my identity as part of a royal priesthood from 1 Peter 2:9. Among so many other wonderful duties, priests