Getting Into Your Writing Head

Getting Into Your Writing Head

by | Sep 19, 2016 | teaching, Uncategorized, Writing

I can’t even begin to say how much stuff there is in my head — not necessarily useful stuff, mind you, but the kind of stuff that feels important and necessary at the time. Over the past few years, I have gotten used to juggling lots of different...
Navigating Through the Storms

Navigating Through the Storms

by | Jul 31, 2016 | politics, United States, Writing

At the beginning of July, we moved out of the UK. That move after 26 years — a lifetime, really — coincided with the storm brought about by the Brexit referendum. There’s no need to describe what that was like. Anyone likely to be reading this blog...
All Together Now

All Together Now

by | Jun 8, 2016 | baseball, Personal, philanthropy, theatre, Writing

The Don and I hosted a great evening last night. As one of our ‘inching our way towards departure’ events, we held a party celebrating retirement, speeding up and new goals. For me, the most wonderful aspect of it was how many different parts of our lives...
Lots to Celebrate

Lots to Celebrate

by | May 9, 2016 | philanthropy, poetry, teaching, Writing

It always feels a bit weird tooting my own horn, but I have just come back from a whirlwind 2 weeks in the States where I had a lot to celebrate. First, was the wedding of my elder son to his long-term girlfriend. We couldn’t be happier about this, and...