Play: A Small Manifesto

Play feels like coming untethered. Imagine standing on a dock in a harbor holding a fistful of ropes in each hand. These are the ties that bind – your relationships, tasks, experiences, expectations and inhibitions. They have the capacity to alternately delight and discourage. They are the things that fill your mind and days. What […]
She’s a Natural: The Top Ten Ways Living Overseas Made Me Crunchy

The slang meaning of crunchy is to have a healthy diet and way of living; natural and earthy. It has a pejorative flavor, which makes me hesitate to write out this list, but the truth is that I came by these values overseas, insulated from the mudslinging right and left arguments of my home culture. […]