~William Shakespeare
Growing up, my original training was in classical music. It taught me every skill I would need for my life. I believe the canon still has a lot of relevance for the world today, so I like writing about it. At least it helps me make sense of the world. You’ll also find assorted musings on other subjects. I can write to suit any style you like, but think of this as a chance to get a taste of my personal interests and see some samples of things I’ve done.
The governor of New York has stepped down, amid credible allegations of sexual harassment. (Maybe you’ve heard something in the news about this perhaps?) I’m glad that behavior previously seen as business as usual is now verboten. Let’s be clear. His political life is over, and it should be.
Yet I can’t help but also feel sad.
Read MoreThe beauty of German is that you can take these compound terms and assemble them into one juggernaut of a meta-noun. Put the two together, and you’re taking taking something bad and mucking it up even more, in the process of trying to make it better!
Read MoreBut we weren’t just getting beaten into the club. (Although that was there too.) By the end of your four years at Columbia, you could parse ideas and synthesize them into written text on any time frame. Regardless of whether you use the subjects you studied at Columbia, the ability to meet a deadline is something you take wherever you go.
Read MoreI come from a family of athletes, but as a kid, I had the coordination of a garden slug with two left feet. It took me a while to figure out that my gift wasn’t going to be the same as my brother’s or my sister’s. Often, that lesson ended comically with a little girl’s face planted firmly in the dirt. Over time though, I saw that on the page was where I would hit that home run.
Read MoreI will confess that I am in love with words. I love with what they can do. There’s a reason the sorcerers of yore used words to cast spells. They are a magical incantation. Whether you believe in magic or not, nobody can deny that words create moods, ideas, and feelings. They’re powerful stuff.
What I love most about traveling to different places is hearing the different ways people use the same language.
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