It is one of those nights when the commute between Seattle and my so-called home in the San Juan Islands feels more like punishment than reward. Long day, long drive, long boat ride. I’m working harder than I want at a job I dislike to maintain a bourgeois veneer I…
Sidney Poitier’s impact on my life is right up there with the Catholic faith I was raised with. And though I would have occasion later in life to reevaluate the influence of each, it is impossible to extricate either from the person I am today. Nor would I wish to.
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In secret ways rarely noticed or understood by adults, children hurt. When they grow up, those hurts are still with them. Motivating their behaviors in ways they don’t even recognize. The longings born of childhood suffering shape the kind of people we become.
If there is anything lacking in Rebecca…
If you’ve ever wondered where Bram Stoker got the idea for Dracula, Irish novelist Joseph O’Connor has an answer likely to stand your hair on end. …
A young woman in a wedding dress is a mystical trigger. She is not only herself but an embodiment of dreams and aspirations that extend beyond her immediate union with her beloved. The dress itself, though often costly, is usually worn in public only once. …
For the record, there are no ugly women. Only people with ugly thoughts who see others through the airbrushed filter of fashion and cosmetics marketing.
Their likes and swipes on social media and popular dating apps send a negative and often harmful message. Not only to girls who already believe…
During the past 50 years, the Doobie Brothers have sold 50 million albums. Although they’re a 70s band whose members are now in their 70s, don’t write them off as throwback old-timers. They know a few things about creativity that could make you a better and more financially successful writer.
The immersive exhibits built around the Dutch painter who famously cut off his ear might be more appropriately named the Van Gogh prophylactic experience.
I don’t mean to trash the exhibit that’s attracted millions in 29 American cities this year. But now that I can say “been there, done that”…
Whenever a story like the Gabby Petito case takes off like a California wildfire, there is probably an archetype at work. Yes, it’s about race. It’s about inequity, and it’s about privilege. …
This morning, I watched a man take Ivermectin on some kind of Internet TV show. It was a kind of schtick intended to show the anti-parasite drug was safe and might even be better than vaccines against COVID-19. For the record, the FDA and the drug’s maker have both said…
