Time is a tough boss.

Today is a leap day.
I’m always surprised by leap years; during the four years that go by between them I forget they exist.
It seems strange that there’s a day that only comes about once every four years, as if the day itself is some kind of mirage.
Others are wrestling with how to handle a [...]

Teaching and the MFA

It says something that one of the most popular posts on this blog is What Are You Going To Do With An MFA? Namely, that there are a lot of people out there who are looking for answers to that question… So in need of answers are they that they google the question, which lands [...]

needled

Yesterday I paid good money to have a man I don’t know pinch my right earlobe.
Really. But it’s not as weird as it sounds.
Ok, it’s kind of weird. But: the guy was my new acupuncturist, who I am seeing because of ongoing tendinitis problems with my right arm. I have tried physical therapy, various [...]

planes, trains and automobiles

Well, hello.
I’m just back from a trip to the East Coast, during which I managed to travel through four states and the District of Columbia in eight days. I also managed to take advantage of as many modes of transportation as possible: planes, trains, buses, cars, Metro. It was kind of like going to Europe, [...]

Happy Year of the Rat!

Today is Chinese New Year’s Day, which marks the beginning of the Year of the Rat. I was actually born in the Year of the Rat*, so I’m considering this year auspicious.
It has to be.
What I mean is that it has to be better than the past couple of months, and in particular [...]