What Words Do You Avoid?
Learnings
What words do you avoid? I have been replacing "but" with "and" for the past…
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Chipmunks + Semiotics.
Musings + Essays
Musings on my son's acquisition of language and expressions of emotion.
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Clay Has a Memory.
Musings + Essays
An essay on the artistic insight that "clay has a memory -- the shape that…
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Weekend Vibes, Edition No. 231: New Words + Transition to Fall Finds.
Musings + Essays
Weekend vibes, including a new word discovery, my latest purchase for my toddler son, and…
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Eunoia.
Musings + Essays
Musings on the concept of eunoia, Greek for friendship and goodwill between a speaker and…
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On Saying the Thing.
Musings + Essays
Musings on saying the right thing at the right time in the face of grief…
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Getting to Know You Even Better.
Musings + Essays
Getting to know you questionnaire for my lovely Magpie readers.
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A Turn of Phrase.
Book Club
I took a long stroll through Central Park with a lovely woman (ahem, a badass…
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