Why It Matters

It’s Alright, Ma (I’m Only Smooching)

Colleen Goodwin and Michelle Brown were best friends, and two sides of my second grade love triangle. They looked remarkably alike in a coarse sense: both brown-eyed, black-haired girls in knee socks and Brownie uniforms, but the details are what make the difference. Michelle’s eyes were always on the brink of sadness, but not the…
From The Stacks: Kelly’s Heroes (Soundtrack)

I have a confession to make:
Deep Cuts: Songs For Trees

My neck of the woods experienced some serious winds this weekend, and the trees didn’t like it.
Deep Cuts: Wolf Songs

Wolves make for good music, and why not?
On Big Bad Wolves and the Proper Application of Cootie Spray

(I wrote a handful of pieces for a Why It Matters manuscript that I never posted here.
Deep Cuts: Songs For Storms

Well that was quite a weekend.
Return Of the Son Of Megastorm! (TM)

I had a plan for today’s piece, but Megastorm! ™ washed it away.
Deep Cuts: Rules and Regulations

I laid down the law for 2017. You have to do these things early. You have to nip it.
Dear 2017: Don’t Even Think About It

Ten mandatory requirements for the Baby New Year.
Deep Cuts: Day After Songs

“The day after” is a powerful image.