I’m the co-president elect for our branch of AAUW, and a few of us had a conference call yesterday to talk about programming for the upcoming year. We decided we need and want to program around issues of race, and I’m so proud of my colleagues.
Category Archives: Confessions
The Shame of Luck
I was in Hawaii when the Japanese tsunami hit, and this post telling the story is much longer than usual, part of a book-length manuscript I’m working on. It’s also more serious than the norm, so I hope you like it. Back to regularly scheduled programming next time. After a day exploring Haleakala National Park I was watching Law & Order in my hotel room […]
Staying Gone
Today’s post is the last of the year, and it felt appropriate to share another maudlin but beautiful song I can’t stop listening to:
Tagged Music
Ending Up Somewhere Else
Driving home on the last scampabout, I heard Kathleen Edwards’s song “Somewhere Else.”
Tagged Music, New Mexico, Texas
Fifteen Confessions
I’m living my dream life. I’ve got my mother, friends, and health. I’ve got no debt. I live in Taos, write for a living, and travel when I want. I’m blessed beyond belief. Recently an acquaintance said to me, “I’d love to write and travel, too, but I’m not ready. I don’t have my shit together like you do.” Wait. I was supposed to get […]