Tales from the Shift

Tales from the Shift

Remember Tales from the Crypt, that cheesy HBO horror series based on the 1950’s E.C. comic books? Well, it’s the perfect title for this post. Here it is Halloween season, and I am right now transcribing the winter 2002 journal entries from my intern year, 

Walking and Writing and Fishing

Walking and Writing and Fishing

I ran into my neighbor and her little dog one cool summer morning, and our conversation fell easily into writing (as it usually does, and this will make perfect sense within a few paragraphs). She asked about my book project. I explained that I’d written 

The Universe Speaks to Me Through Peloton

The Universe Speaks to Me Through Peloton

…among other channels, of course, but this example afforded the catchiest title.  So I was in the middle of a 20 minute bodyweight core workout taught by my fave instructor Robin Arzon, when out of the blue, she asked:  “Are you working on something big? 

Memories cubed

Memories cubed

I’m surrounded. Our kitchen table is strewn with piles of my old journals, many years’ worth of writing workshop printouts, and copies of every academic literary magazine that ever published my stuff. It’s a lot of my old writing, including some fairly well-developed stories and 

Like a volcano of sorts

Like a volcano of sorts

It’s not writer’s block… A writer feels like a dormant volcano: the quiet before an eruption of creative energy.

OpEds and Advocacy

OpEds and Advocacy

I am proud to have had the opportunity to collaborate on this OpEd titled “We Are Worried That Hospital COVID-19 Data No Longer Goes To The Apolitical CDC” published in USA Today yesterday morning! 18 doctors and one nurse practitioner from my hospital literally co-wrote