Lights and Fireflies
Tonight I almost tripped over a firefly. Well, not exactly. I was out for a run and it was around 9 at night. By that time, nearly the only light in my suburban neighborhood comes from scattered...
View ArticleIn June, in January…
Sometimes exposure to one environment gets me thinking about the opposite of that environment. It’s strange, really. It’s the beginning of summer and I’m sitting here thinking about winter. Come...
View ArticleWhy iced coffee costs more
I read an interesting article today on Grubstreet about why iced coffee costs more. Broken down into a few major points: 1. Unlike bodegas and diners which just add ice to their hot java, better...
View ArticleTell me about the world
All summer I’d watch the cool blue light from our neighbor’s mosquito catcher, hanging ten feet from my bedroom window. It glowed mystically, the stillness of night punctuated only by the occasional...
View ArticleWhat happened to dreaming small?
Ireland is just over there my grandfather said to me as we stood on the shores of the Atlantic, when I was about six years old. I strained my eyes but hard as I tried I could not see Ireland, just an...
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