Reporter, Writer, Storyteller

My Ideal Book Shelf

I’m a fan of questions like, “If you had to ...

Good, clean living

Just once, once in my life, I would like to ...

Ode to Mass Transit

When I was about four years old, I became obsessed ...

“Gift-wrapping my principles”

Years ago, I started giving “ethical gifts.” Calling them that ...

The Fertile Cliff

Aside from the copious amounts of shouting and weird, weird, ...

Trail Running, and why I keep doing it, even though I sort of hate it.

It’s that time of year again. The lights are twinkling ...

GY 4?? Feminism in Current Pop Debate

Occasionally I like to construct an alternate course of events ...

Fleet Foxes and Growing Up

A while back, I went to a Fleet Foxes concert ...

Why don’t my friends let me yell at them?

A few weeks ago, I was watching an episode of ...

Satan Wants You Stupid- Reflection on the Election

Well, we’re all glad that’s over! And I’m allowing myself ...

Luxury, poverty, and the stories we need to hear

It was 2006, and I was fidgety at the table ...

Mitt and Billy prove that many evangelicals put their hope in POTUS*, not Jesus

*POTUS Growing up as an evangelical, voting Republican was a ...

Nervous gulp…

I’ve toyed around with the idea of a blog for ...