Distracted

Distracted

When I’m driving the highway by myself is when I write best. – Willie Nelson Why does the open road prove to be such a successful muse? Why do so many of our best ideas come in the shower? Why does a long run, aimless walk, or a bike ride all alone through the trails...
Waiting for a Sign

Waiting for a Sign

To me the question is always this: if a ray of light came out of the sky and said, “Your next book will never be published,” would you still write it? If the answer is yes, the book is worth writing. — Markus Zusak We’d all like a sign from the gods...

In Italy, for 30 years under the Borgias, they had warfare, terror, murder and bloodshed, but they produced Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci and the Renaissance. In Switzerland they had brotherly love, they had 500 years of democracy and peace – and what did...
Going old school

Going old school

Many people mistakenly think that a new technology cancels out an old one. — Judith Martin Bigger, better, faster, more. The latest upgrade. The most high tech materials. These are the modern era’s siren songs. Every leap in technology births announcements of an...