Before I begin, I must implore you to watch “A Story for Tomorrow,” a stunning five-minute video by Gnarly Bay Productions that a good friend recently sent my way. The friend and I are both relatively recent expats, both on … Continue reading
We’re home from home. Over two weeks, we saw friends and family, ate at all our favorite burrito joints, and put considerable miles back on the truck as we zigged and zagged between our mothers’ two homes and those of … Continue reading
Once we leave, I suppose we are always writing these love letters to home. Well, this love letter to San Francisco starts with what on earth I should wear for her! Playing tourist last year before Ryan moved to Chile. … Continue reading
The Brooklyn Bridge, once upon a time… I’m back in Santiago after a week Stateside. I didn’t go home to California, though I did travel to a place I used to live: New York. More specifically, I spent time in … Continue reading
Whenever I write about a fictional character, I think about what they carry, as inspired by Tim O’Brien’s amazing short story, “The Things They Carried,” and subsequent creative writing prompts I’ve come across based on the basic premise that what … Continue reading