As a follow-up to my piece last week about my FIFA World Cup volunteer experience, those of you who have been reading this blog for a while may remember that I have written twice before about the space between two small words: wishful and wistful. A children’s book introduced me to the distinction: Wishful means […]
Month: July 2026
The World Was Here. And So Was I.
For eight shifts over the past several weeks, I had the extraordinary privilege of serving as a Host City Ambassador at the Kansas City FIFA Fan Festival, held on the grounds of the National WWI Museum and Monument. What had been a quiet lawn and circle drive was transformed into something almost unimaginable: enormous screens […]
Read… In Stereo
Lately, I’ve been having some of the most wonderful conversations with people specifically about what they are reading. In fact, this year, I’m on pace to read about two books a week, which is more than I’ve ever read before. I just love hearing about the genres people are into, what authors they love, what […]