All the fat and flavor, but not nearly half the funThe Texas State Fair opened yesterday. That might be a surprise, but like so many COVID-era events, it’s a blend of the virtual and the…Sep 26, 2020Sep 26, 2020
In order to keep the memorial openThe subject line of an email received September 8, 2020Sep 10, 2020Sep 10, 2020
TV keeps us from feeling lonely“You know the characters on How I Met Your Mother better than you know your neighbors” is considered a slight to one’s sense of community…Aug 4, 2020Aug 4, 2020
Published inWrite Speak PlayIt’s National Forgiveness Day:Can you change your life with one small gesture?Aug 2, 2020Aug 2, 2020
The benefits of spending a day with the deadAs the traditions — especially the lush and gorgeous costumes and face paint — of Dia de los Muertos stretch into Halloween, concerns of…Nov 3, 2019Nov 3, 2019
#amwritingIt’s like new year’s day for writers: whether you NaNoWriMo with the fiction writers who started it all, AcWriMo with the scholars working…Nov 2, 2019Nov 2, 2019
A certain diasporaSydney has a miniature of the University of Texas campus on the table between her chair and the sofa. She tells me how people pick it up…Jul 1, 2019Jul 1, 2019
Published inThe Sports NicheFandom, boxing, and booksI seldom know what to answer when prompted to call out favorite books, although Katherine Dunn’s Geek Love is certainly in the small…Jun 17, 2019Jun 17, 2019
A Pulse Memorial: Say Their NamesSome tragedies leave us speechless. It seems unthinkable to find words to explain what has occurred. Impossible to articulate a response to…Jun 12, 2019Jun 12, 2019
