I’m Not Dead Yet!
In a scene from Monty Python and the Holy Grail, an undertaker slogs through a muddy medieval village clanking…
Roommates to the End
I was in high school before I realized Betty Bowman had a name other than Roommate. That was how…
Walking Inside My Story
“You either walk inside your story and own it or you stand outside your story and hustle for your…
What Am I Doing in Grad School?
I suspect this is a question I will ask myself from time to time over the next several years.…
It’s Nothing Personal. It’s Just Business.
Otto Berman was, by all accounts, a brilliant mathematician. His early work as an accountant catapulted him to unprecedented…
Write When the Spirit Moves You
It was a night when sleep eluded me, when the continental divide between my deepest life questions and the…
You Can’t Ride Two Bikes
My favorite image of Charlotte is Tryon Street during the 2012 Democratic National Convention at CarolinaFest, the public celebration that…
What if the Hokey Pokey Really Is What It’s All About?
I’ve performed the hokey pokey in about half a dozen countries, with Mongolian guides in the Gobi desert and…
The Sociopath at the Top
Some salacious news hit my hometown a few days ago. Our relatively new and presumably high-performing public school superintendent…