Five years ago today was the last day I got to spend with Karsten, although of course I didn’t know it at the time. People always think that if they could have a day back to spend with someone who’s
Suzanne Vega on Twitter: “I found my letter from Prince”
Such a simple post by Suzanne Vega; such a beautiful story. In case you can’t read the writing (although I think the penmanship, which is presumably Prince’s, is charming), it says: Dearest Suzanne, Luka is the most compelling piece of music I’ve heard
Noam Chomsky weighs in on Bernie Sanders’ impact at last night’s Live from the NYPL
A truly wonderful thing about living in New York City: events like the New York Public Library’s Live from the NYPL series. Last night, they hosted Yanis Varoufakis, Greece’s finance minister amidst the country’s financial crisis, and Noam Chomsky. I don’t give
The Meaning of Silence
It’s easy to interpret silence as inaction, or as lack of attention. But as in “the calm before the storm,” sometimes silence is the mark of activity just out of view. I haven’t been updating this blog, or my business
Reinvention, David Bowie, and Reinvesting Experience Into Creativity
Out of any characteristic I admire in people, it’s reinvention I tend to admire most. Adapting your work or your surroundings or your output in some way that honors where and who you have been and doesn’t lose sight of
The UX of Music
Music is magic, even when it’s also mundane. The subways are full of performers, just like the streets of Nashville, but every once in a while, even when you think you’re used to it, it catches you just right and
NYC
Sometimes you find yourself standing in a drugstore checkout line with fully-decked-out Halloween revelers at 2:30am when you get home from a lovely leisurely hangout with friends only to realize you have to run out to buy a toilet plunger.
After 12.5 Years in Nashville
It’s time. I’ve sold my car and a third of my belongings (and donated another third to Goodwill) and now I’ve sold my house and I’m officially on my way from Nashville to New York City. If my quick mental tally
Keep Calm and…
The variations on “Keep Calm and Carry On” got worn out and became repetitive and tedious some time back. (My own personal flavor is “Keep Calm and Pet a Kitty.”) But the message in the words taken from the original British wartime poster,
Three Years
There’s a lot of mysticism about the number three and its special role in the universe. Some say it’s the strongest number, because the triangle is the most stable physical shape. That makes a strange sort of sense to me today. Today