Keeping Up the Pace

      I'm one of those people who takes several hours to leave a place. I have to say goodbye to every last person I know. I linger beca...

      You haven't lived until you've had a sandwich from a New York delicatessen. The meat is piled high on top of your choice of br...

      When I was a junior in high school, I played a minor character named Charlotte Sowerberry in the play Oliver. In one scene, the stage ...

     I have come to value the moments of beautiful irony in my life--not the moments that Alanis Morissette referenced in her hit song in th...

I didn't sign up for this.       That's what keeps coming to mind this year every time I put on a mask before I head into a public p...

       I rolled through the Chick-fil-A drive thru with tears in my eyes. The parking lot was crowded, but I knew from my students who work ...

    It was a cool Saturday morning when I recently decided to pound the pavement and go for a run. My runs have become a lot longer lately; ...