Still Enough to Hear It
For most of my life, Memorial Day has meant picnics and the welcome relief of an extra day away…
Can Compassion Be Taught?
I recently returned from a retreat in Costa Rica where I soaked in the teachings of Roshi Joan Halifax,…
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…