How do we fit in? How do we set ourselves apart? What does that even mean? All these questions, I hate it.

“What is it with men and The Godfather?” A good question, but an even better one is what is our obsession with You’ve Got Mail? Or building on top of that, what makes us come back over and over to a story, whatever form it takes? How does anything build a dedicated audience?

If your brain works like mine, there’s a peak and then a plummet when I pursue information and education—I start to feel overwhelmed, and ultimately discouraged that I’ll never become a master of anything. Here’s how to mitigate the plummet.

In grad school, I learned about a very interesting concept called “saturation.” I’ve thought about it a lot since, and how it applies to me in life, specifically as a freelancer. Allow me to explain.

I went on vacation and all I brought back was this lousy blog post.

This is a short story about an otter and a woman and is purely fictional (for the most part).

Let’s meander together down a path of discovering why traveling alone is worth the concentration and the solitude. And how that path might just lead you back home.

A childhood home is more than a structure. It is a holding place of thoughts and feelings, of small things that become big. Moving on is hard but worth the realization of what you had.

While I hope that finishing grad school is not the pinnacle of my life, I certainly am excited to be done, and frankly, a little surprised at myself. Thus, I’d like to share a little something on growing in confidence.

A short story examining the runaway trains of our minds and how social media only adds fuel to the locomotive's fire.

A Big Move can teach you a lot, if you let it. Embrace change with simple steps to acclimate in a new environment.

Dining alone turns out to be a sublime sensory experience, plus you get your own bread basket. I got to know my five senses while inhaling, er, politely enjoying a Ruth's Chris steak.

Coffee, donuts and an anthropology lesson to go, please.