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I have been posting to this blog every day since 2005.

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Will Angus live or die?

In 2024, an art collective embarked on a new piece called Our Cow Angus. Here’s Read More

Advice from long ago

I was teaching a storytelling workshop last month when a woman approached me and asked Read More

A decade later, I still wonder about this fake kidnapping victim

More than ten years ago, a 12-year-old boy in France faked his own kidnapping to avoid a Read More

Utah is banning books in an extra-stupid way

The state of Utah has made it easy for anyone to ban a book in Read More

Slapsies and Knuckles

I spent New Year’s Eve teaching my niece how to play Slapsies, the classic children’s Read More

Toby Morton is doing great work

As you may have heard, the Kennedy Center has been teetering since Donald Trump slapped Read More

Post office begone

Denmark’s state-run postal service, PostNord, will deliver its last ever letter on Tuesday, as the Read More

Goodbye, MTV

MTV officially shut down its remaining 24-hour music-focused channels on December 31, 2025, ending an Read More

My Stories

As an author, podcaster, and performer, my life is a series of stories that continue to unfold. Dive into my books, explore insightful articles, read daily musings on my blog, watch engaging videos, and tune into my podcasts. Each format offers a unique slice of my narrative adventure.