Have you ever read any of Mo Willems’ Pigeon books? They are very popular with the toddler set and feature a stick figure rendering of a bird, “Pigeon,” who boasts two big circles for eyes and a highly melodramatic attitude. Kids – and, dare I say their parents – love this pathetic, downtrodden creature. Willems […]
Brown Eyed Girl
My eyes, they are hazel and they have a tendency to change colors. I used to think that it had to do with the level of the light in the room, but I have learned otherwise over the past few years. Turns out that my eyes tend toward brown during periods of stress in my […]
One-to-Many
With appreciation to Leah Swartz, Journalism student at the University of Kansas, who asked how I would suggest connecting with a large group of people when time or distance or other obstacles rule out truly getting to know them on an individualized, face-to-face, one-on-one basis, I’ve been pondering the notion of what I will call […]