Years ago, when I was a young college student, with a lot less . . . stuff, I considered life an adventure, worthy of having a new view regularly. Back then, that took the form of moving every year or two. I simply loved the act of waking up someplace new. There was the hundred year old Victorian where I grew up; with its creaky wooden floors, unevenly plastered walls, and … [Read more...]

Yesterday afternoon as I was dropping off my overdue library books in the after-hours book drop, I noticed a car alone in the parking lot, parked in a corner. My curiosity was peaked, so I shamelessly looked into the car as I drove up, and saw a young woman inside, frantically wiping tears from her eyes. She was alone in the vehicle and maneuvered to cover her face as my car … [Read more...]

Happy 2016. With the start of this new year I find myself at my childhood home visiting my family and managing some family business. I was six years old when we moved here, and it’s the only place that no matter where else I live, will always be home. Our family life is going through changes, and we are powerless in their path, so the memories are all flooding back. There’s a … [Read more...]

 It's National Novel Writing Month, better known as NaNoWriMo, and it's never more clear than at this time of year that words have power. With amateurs and scholars, novices and experts putting pen to paper, type to screens, we see the power of ideas created by words made up of the same twenty-six letters given to each of us. My Caribbean grandmother raised me on a diet of … [Read more...]