pondering

My dad used to tell a story about when he was in the Army. He was drafted during the Korean War, and like all GIs, sent to basic training. Aside from the “basic” of basic training, he had to choose between two or three specialized training programs.…

When I was about five months pregnant with my first kid, I found myself in New York City for a conference. So of course, I blew off an afternoon and headed down to Purl Soho to fabric shop. I’m a fabric nerd, so picking out fabric to make my first baby…

This tiny sign, stuck haphazardly along the road, caught my eye the other day. My first thought was: Really, this is your ad campaign? Just coming right out and saying “Be a foster parent”? You expect a side-of-the-road command against the…

Sometimes I wonder what would have happened in Pride and Prejudice if Elizabeth Bennet had just been able to do a Google search of Mr. Darcy ahead of time? I think it would have looked something like this: Mr. Darcy | LinkedIn Derbyshire area; Lord of…

It’s going to sound, for a minute, like I am writing about religion this week. But I’m really not. I’m writing about the traveling of ideas through brains and through time. A tiny little piece of it involves a conversation I had about…