

Summer Writing, It Happened So Fast or Summer in the City (Writing)*
That’s a weird, undecided title, but I'm not sure which is catchier. I’ve had summer songs stuck in my head of late (for fairly obvious...


When Darkness Threatens To Snuff the Light
Oh my, has it been a long time since I’ve posted anything on this here blog! I will be honest, after the election – even though I...


Eat, Drink, and Be Pleasantly Full: Time, Social Class, and Cooking
Every summer since that first panicked late May following my first year in grad school lo these many years, I scramble to cobble together...


Happy Halloween Everybody! A Little Musing on The Amazingness of The Nightmare Before Christmas
Ten days ago I posted about some of my favorite animated Halloween-related movies, and at the end I explained why Tim Burton’s The...