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 .
For the birth of my three children, I made a simple request to the doctors and the nurses. It had nothing to do with painkilling medicine (or lack thereof). It was a request that was met with amusement, a chuckle, and some puzzlement.
In the movie Avatar , when the character Neytiri finally meets human Jake Sully, they exchange a saying that has been a part of their love affair: “I see you.”
I see you.
This is what we want in a love affair. We want to breathe...
I have a child who is getting ready to apply to colleges now, and that is making me go back and ponder many things about my own college application experience . This has me thinking about how we fully belong in, and are excluded from, the...
