Ever since I fell down and broke my wrist and my ankle several weeks ago, everything feels breakable. It’s one thing have an accident and…

There’s this weird in-between time Twitchy My legs thrash Scissor kicking the interregnum Those year-long minutes when the sleeping pill is kicking into first gear…

My wife wanted me to write about the spider who's taken up residence by a window where plants vie for solar nourishment. Or maybe about…

I remember as a young adult watching a series on climate change on PBS in the 1980s, and believing that the people in charge would…

As an undergrad in Canada, I took an Honors B.A. in English Lang and Lit and a major in Theater Arts. I was active in…

There are two main schools of acting in the Western World. One school holds that you should observe life (actors are regularly sent to the…

I don't know what to write today, I just got up to trim my nails so I wouldn't hack up my laptop keys. Ok, now…

In my early 30s, taking a break from my filmmaking career, I turned to the body for answers. I became a massage therapist practicing many…

I heard this quote on Selected Shorts the other day. It’s from a talk by Grace Paley: “I wrote short stories because I wrote short…

We don't see it coming. The unexpected rush of sensations that happen when you connect with someone, I mean really connect. Perhaps it's the first…

Yesterday I had the opportunity to hear an amazingly detailed approach to taking a shower. He had displayed the uncanny approach to eating as he…

I've lived long enough to know that there is no secret formula to falling in love. Love hits you at the most extraordinary times, like…