I very rarely plug my friends’ work in my blog (and I really should make a habit of it, seeing as I have so many wildly talented friends) but I haven’t been able to get this song out of my head since yesterday and I can barely bring myself to listen to anything else. Plus, [...]
Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind is still the longest running show in sweet home Chicago. In fact, it’s almost as old as me–TML and The Neo-Futurists, the troupe behind it, have been goin’ strong since 1988. Thirty plays in sixty minutes. That’s their schtick. And they do it with humor and honesty [...]
Autumn, autumn, autumn…you sweet, sultry season of saffron and salmon. I can smell you, taste you, feel you–even in San Cristóbal de las Casas, far from the ripened air and exploding colors that always endear me to you in chilly Chicago. This week, Poetry Tuesday! and I are counting down to the [...]
A few months ago, I took a stealthy trip to the US of A to clear my head and collect myself after what can only be described as a season of immense suffering in southern Mexico. I say stealthy because I didn’t tell you that I left–news of my return was shared on a need-to-know basis. But now I’m packing my bags and heading “home” to Chiapas, a place [...]
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My Love/Hate Relationship With Positive Psychology
¡Ni Una Más! Because No One Wants To Be A Martyr When They Grow Up
Yes! And vs. Awkward Silence: Improv For "Beginners"
