As a December baby, the last month of the year is even more weighted than the already holiday-heavy calendar would suggest. This...

As I scan the rows of paint tubes during my latest trip to the art store, my eyes fall in love upon an innocuous pair of bottles reading...

The Talking Heads have influenced my life in multiple periods: from the cover band Houses In Motion that the coolest guys at my high...

If you or someone you have known is a human being or has used a human being brain to live on planet earth, you may be interested in the...

This week has been one of unanswered questions and trying to find peace in a time thatfeels like all of the balls are up in the air....

Many people believe that to talk about the good things you hope for is to tempt fate to withholding these very things from you. (For...

Walking along DeKalb yesterday, I noticed a man noticing me notice his wife's enormously pregnant belly. I sensed that the subtle panic...

I am awash in residual joy from this weekend. Coming down from a high of spending four days in a paradise of friends, fresh air and...

Another week of wet, 95 degree days. Afternoons growing sweatier by the second. An entire city wondering, "When's it going to rain?" Stir...

Sometimes I run. As dictated by a fine bout of weather, the ebb and flow of the physique or, most often, the need for a physical break...