A tarot card reader told me Gus considered himself a singer. He wasn’t barking at me when I came home,…
For my first trip to India, my expectations were low. Friends who’d traveled extensively warned me against going there. “You’ll kill…
If Lucy were a person, she’d be medicated—Zoloft, Xanax, Valium. She’d be in psychotherapy two-three times a week, multiple 12-Step…
“Perfectionism is the voice of the oppressor, the enemy of the people. It will keep you cramped and insane your…
Before following a vegan diet, I suffered from a number of chronic health conditions—constipation, sinus infections, low energy—even long after…
Read my interview with Electric City about my book Flying Free, the writing life, and life on the flying trapeze.
I am a frequent bus rider, traveling weekly from Northeast Pennsylvania to New York City for flying trapeze classes. I…
I’ve always hated St. Patrick’s Day. Growing up in a small, parochial, predominantly Irish town, St. Patrick’s Day and its…
On the 4th anniversary of Let’s Move!—Michelle Obama’s initiative to stamp out childhood obesity—this week, journalists and bloggers were invited to…
A card from a dear friend arrived in my mail last week. Inside the card—which read, Don’t question. Just accept.—was…
