For One Children’s Author, Distance Makes the Heart Grow Fonder
EVANSTON, Ill. When he retired from writing last year, Charles McClatchey had won every prize and award given to authors of children’s books both here and in England, including the Newbery Medal, the Caldecott Medal […]
County Joe’s ‘Fixin’ To Die Rag’ From Woodstock Rebooted For Our Modern Iran Dilemma
Back in the height of the Vietnam era a little ditty made it onto the airwaves that protested the undeclared war in a darkly humorous way. It was called “I Feel Like I’m Fixin’ To […]
My Artsy-Fartsy Robot Pal
An Art Degree Could Give You a Leg Up on the Robots Submishmash, linking to article on Quartz “Thanks, but I’m actually dating Julio. And Evan.” We were sitting in Life Drawing 101 when […]
Running; A gateway drug:
Following up on a recent post about the question “is running a habit or an addiction?” where I concluded that the answer is “yes”, the next question is “is running a gateway drug?”. First, it […]
Me ‘n Spot Make an Album
It’s been a long winter without much of a spring in New England, and I was beginning to get worried about the malaise that Spot–the dog puppet you may remember from Pets.com commercials–had fallen into. He’s usually a […]
Wisdom for Dummies
They say #genius is 10% inspiration and 90% perspiration, which might explain why geniuses aren’t always that pleasant to be around. Find more dubious wisdom in I Used to Think I Was Not That Bad […]
Turn Mr. Not-Quite-Right Into Mr. Perfect!
You know the problem. You’ve found a man who is fun to be with and could be “The One,” but there’s that little something about him that holds you back from true love and long-term […]