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The December issue of Smithsonian Magazine includes a short article on Vivian Maier, whom it calls a "photographer of consequence....

I actually got excited when I first read about the new ABC show, "Once Upon a Time." Critics lauded it as a return to the family ...

Yesterday I scavenged through a dead woman's bookshelves. Although I don't know her name, or anything about her except that she was ...

NaNoWriMo didn't work for me this year. But that doesn't mean you or I have to wait until next November to work under an artificial...

What is keeping a journal but a need to talk with myself and make sense of things? As I sit here trying to figure out what to do with myself...

I have written approximately 250 words, by hand, for NaNoWriMo this year. And while it is possible that I still might catch up—my expected w...

Late last night, in a fit of exhausted inspiration, I signed up for NaNoWriMo , even though I questioned recently whether I should attempt ...

Occupy Wall Street resonates with me because I was once young, out of college, and unable to find work . Even then,  it was hard to find ga...

A friend asked recently if I intended to do NaNoWriMo this year. I said I wasn't sure. Since that time,  my potential answer has swung ...

Despite my earlier disdain for Twitter , I have begun to tweet a few times a week. It has helped ease my withdrawal from Facebook. And, unli...