Up in the hills, they told us, was a band that had been playing forever. The road lead higher and higher, through sparse, shrubby valleys. Hawks circled overhead, like black stars in the pale sky. We strode on, shoulders aching under heavy packs. ‘What do you mean, forever?’ Suzie asked our guide. He shrugged [...]

BLOGS. We’ve all used and abused them. But there are people out there who are taking darn good care of their online domains, and I thought we’d do a little door-knock this week. Angela Meyer proves her blogging queendom time and time again at blogging workshops and talks around the country. Angela recently celebrated Literary [...]

I found a dead mouse in my pocket today. It was a jacket I hadn’t worn since last winter. My right-hand pocket held something hard and scratchy. Light and crisp like papier mâché; just as I found him the first time. On a windowsill behind the security bars, he had fallen asleep and dried up [...]

When you were born you were a bloody mess. You came out cloaked in placenta, sticky and strange. But they washed you until you were clean, swaddled you and gave you a name. At seventeen you trekked in a mild Nepalese winter. Two thousand metres above sea level, your nose bled every day for two [...]