My friend Ilyse and I have been friends for a long time. Sixteen years and counting. In the course of that time, I have had the pleasure of seeing her graduate, go to graduate school, get married, and have two kids. She’s seen me raise four kids...
I am obsessed with Hamilton: An America n Musical , it’s true. My daughters and I walk around the house singing Hamilton songs. We have a game to see who can sneak in more lines into everyday conversation. It’s our own secret language. And we...
In the course of two weeks, we have had two hurricanes, Harvey and Irma, each of which has been presented as the “storm of the century.” Hurricane Harvey hammered Texas, Hurricane Irma the Caribbean and Florida. The size of Irma dwarfed Florida,...
I have a certain obsession with Game of Thrones . While my loyalties are strictly to team Jon Snow, there is something about the White Walkers that fascinates and haunts me ‘til I can’t turn away. There is something about this army that poses a...
In my 20s I so yearned to find my cave. I thought I’d escape to that cave and not emerge until I was enlightened. The fact that I was struggling in relationships and graduate school, I kept telling myself, had nothing to do with that desire....
In my last few columns, I have been reminiscing about my first few days at university. One of those memories has to do with my one and only in-person encounter with the incomparable revolutionary and inspiring poet, Maya Angelou .
