I have always touted Salvador Dali as one of my favorite artists. I could get lost in the worlds of his pieces - creating stories to...

The most useful classes I ever took were not required. In high school I was enrolled in a keyboarding class. The teacher had us practice...

It's beginning to look a lot like trauma, everywhere we go Take a look at the children, it's starting again with candy canes and tantrums...

My wife teases me for taking the same picture so many times a year. It's me - sitting on our screened in porch, with my feet up (in flip...

Before the world changed forever, I used to take my oldest son, and a notepad to art museums. He'd bring with him a sketchpad and pencils...

Teaching a high school creative writing class has reopened my eyes to the traps so many young writers fall into. Writing a hero story,...

I was born in 1979. Annie came out in 1982. The dramatized story of a poor little orphan finding her forever family in a lonely, wealthy...

I switched my major multiple times in college. But one thing remained the same. I took a writing course every semester. Courses on...

Today I'll rise like the day, "Good Day Sunshine." and I can see clearly now - walking on Sunshine But I'm only happy when it rains with...

I am not the recluse writer, who lives in isolation from society - crafting beautiful prose from some rich internal world. I can't create...

My grandmother collected doll houses. I remember being fascinated by them, but never having the desire to play with them. Intricately...

A few weeks ago I finally got around to helping my parents clean out boxes of my old stuff from the basement. Besides finding countless...

Quite symbolically, my children rip down family pictures whenever they get mad at me. Instead of using nails, I've committed to using the...

Being a teacher is one of the most unique jobs as far as encountering former students. Because students can grow up to be anything....

My parents finally got me to clean out a shelf of my old belongings left in their basement (I moved out in 2001). Among cherished dolls...

I have four adopted children. Two sets of biological siblings. Each with their own unique trauma history all coagulating into this...

I have always had a fascination with cemeteries. My elementary school was next to a cemetery and I found a way to hike up and around the...

Anything by Judy Bloom, Babysitter's Club, Nancy Drew. The spooky stories of Christopher Pike, Ramona Quimby. All of these books bring up...

I am going to be so good at being retired. I have the hobbies of most 80 year olds. I love word-searches, latchhooking, and puzzles, lots...

"Words are our tools of resurrection" - Pip Williams My poetry is very personal. Almost too personal. Almost high-school angst, no one...