I worked in father’s bakery. Peeled potatoes for potato bread. Melted dark chocolate. Washed copper pots and whisks and baking sheets. Swept wide-plank oak floors.
Archives for 2012
Life in Mai Chau – Part 1
Like images from an ancient Chinese woodcut, a mass of rugged, conical peaks stretch to the misty horizon in Vietnam’s Hoa Binh province, rising up from the rice paddies carpeting the valleys and flatlands leading to Mai Chau village.
Stampeding
It’s a rip-roarin’, rootin’-tootin’ good time where grown men and women parade city streets in cowboy hats, fancy shirts, jeans and boots without the least sense of embarrassment about “playing cowpoke”.
Zombie Ants …
Zombie-Ant fungus? Perhaps this was a source of inspiration for some X-Files episodes!
Are You Skimming Your Story’s Potential?
This week’s video talks about how getting all the obvious things right in a story isn’t always enough if you’re lacking one crucial element.
Tarmac Meditations #97: Another Day
The morning sky was filled with luminous stars…unusually bright and present. Maybe it seemed that way because I was running with the Road2Ruin runnin’ guys for the first time in awhile.
(Almost) The Last Ride
The world had gone white sometime overnight; I could barely see the road ahead. Wipers were useless, as were the other two in the car with me, who had begged me to drive them home.
Minute to Freedom #77: Double Messages
Adult children of alcoholics grew up with double messages: You’re incompetent/take care of the house – which are very confusing.
Conviction by Rumor and Hearsay: A Review of “Good Night and Good Luck”
Behind the good looks (People’s Sexiest Man Alive for 2006) and roles in some pretty fluffy films, George Clooney has proven himself to be an actor of skill and substance (Syriana, Up in the Air, The Descendants). His work in Good Night and Good Luck demonstrates that he also has some pretty fine chops as a director.
10 Stories With (Brilliant) Loose Ends
Creating the perfect ending isn’t easy, but we can boil it down to one essential objective: leave the reader with a feeling of satisfaction. How do we do that?
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