Choose to See Magic
Whenever I’m on a roll (existentially at least), I find pennies. I’m not talking about a sporadic coin here…
Go Forward For Humanity
On a recent job interview with a Wake Forest alumna, the interviewer looked at her resume and asked, “What…
Mother’s Day Redux
I posted this piece last year as we neared Mother’s Day. I was still living in the jungles of…
Our Idols are Human Too
I never imagined wanting to come to John Travolta’s defense. But amidst all the post-Oscar Travolfrenzy about his on-stage butchering of Idina Menzel’s name,…
The Easiest Valentine You’ll Ever Send
It’s upon us—that annual event that sends us in panic to the store, wondering how we’ll survive it all.…
Seeing Your Shadow Doesn’t Have to Mean More of the Same
It looks like Punxsutawney Phil has seen his shadow. We’re in for six more weeks of winter. Sigh. More of the…
Finding Your Creative Edge
When I was an art major in college, a sculpture by Robert Maki was installed outside the fine arts building. It…
White Rose Love
My time at Wake Forest was transformational. In four short years, I learned how to balance a checkbook, footnote…
The Invisible Monument
Maria Cienfuegos travels the Cuban countryside taking photographs of long-forgotten monuments. She has spent her photography career investigating the overlooked…