Teeny Tiny Mantras
Today is Patti Smith.
Patti Smith - Horses (full studio version) (by Twentysixbillion)
Kind of stuck on this song.
Elvis Costello, “When It Sings” (by Iain Halliday)
may my heart always be open to little birds
who are the secrets of living… (by ee cummings)(photo by catene)
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journalism Archive
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The art of not knowing everything
Posted on October 14, 2009 | 5 CommentsI once worked with a woman who gave elaborate thespian phone performances. Not the nasty $2.99 per minute kind, but plenty that had the undertow of a more genuine nastiness.... -
Give me light
Posted on August 8, 2008 | No CommentsI had the remarkable opportunity to interview artist James Turrell a couple of weeks ago and preview his light installation at Franklin Park Conservatory. I hope that the story I... -
Great Google-y moogly: An alternative “about me”
Posted on July 18, 2008 | 6 CommentsSo, she recommended that whether we’re headed for BlogHer or not, women bloggers consider introducing themselves to the wider community by posting about the perverse-sounding act of Googling ourselves. This... -
Robert Rauschenberg, R.I.P.
Posted on May 14, 2008 | No CommentsAlmost precisely eight years ago, I lugged a large canvas bag stocked with a notebook, a tape recorder and microphone up a couple of downtown escalators. My destination was a... -
We look good in silver
Posted on March 11, 2008 | 6 CommentsI just received a happy piece of news in my email. For the second year running, KnowledgeWorks Foundation’s annual publications about urban high school reform have won silver Wilmer Shields... -
The joys of local TV journalism
Posted on February 5, 2008 | 2 CommentsI used to think that the Midwest generated an inordinate amount of hysterically bad local television journalism. I was never sure whether the lack of substance (or a lack of... -
Public Art in Ohio
Posted on December 6, 2007 | No CommentsI don’t have a copy of it in my own hands yet, but I contributed to a feature about public art in Ohio for the most recent issue of Public... -
Child helps journalist
Posted on November 3, 2007 | 1 CommentHere is a story that I wrote for Columbus Alive this week. Declan helped. Not because he is a particularly good editor or writer at two and a half, but... -
More on urban school reform
Posted on October 3, 2007 | No CommentsI’ve spent the last couple of days with my passionate and inspiring colleagues from the KnowledgeWorks storytelling project. At long last, our publications about early college and small school reform... -
Regret the error…
Posted on March 2, 2007 | No CommentsI love this! As a regular contributor to newsprint for over a dozen years, I’ve had a handful of embarrassing gaffes that still haunt me in the wee, paranoid hours...
