Growing up in suburban Chicago, we didn’t get to see a lot of stars growing up. The smog and lights make it hard to find just about anything besides the Big Dipper. But when I was little, I... Read more >>

Have you heard of the “dining in the dark” craze? In Paris and London you can try Dans le Noir; in Berlin or Hamburg you can try Invisible Bar; in New York it’s the Dark Dining... Read more >>

How many times have you seen an empty skyscraper late at night, fully lit, with no actual employees inside? What about the abundance of bright empty parking lots, blinding streetsigns, blinking... Read more >>

...feeling Sound in color, tasting some version of Love in the sky , rolling over in sun- spit (and a touch of still- ness in the wait- ing) .... is this non- sense? or is it Every-... Read more >>

I drink a cut so deep it breathes me wise, as they tend to say I say where one might bleed some danger of a truth in a trapeze city feathered by blues. Budding in rosy snow’s, earnest,... Read more >>

A godly moon shines on the tired snow, reflecting its purity aloft to the sky. And an earthly light, on the sullen river, casts rays of beauty on a world awry. And amidst this glory, a... Read more >>

One day I stayed up all night And watched the moon dissipate In hope of greeting the sun To get a jump on my fate It slowly took its place Through skies of blue And settled into Its brilliance... Read more >>

I close my eyes tightly and cross my hands over my chest as I catch and hold my breath. I feel a slight push on my back and I quickly say a silent prayer and JUMP! As I fall rapidly, I open my eyes,... Read more >>

A mid-winter morning; The sky a uniform grey: Everything sodden; Puddles aplenty; Me, up to my eyes in debt and struggling; My youngest daughter in hospital, Recovering from an overdose; But... Read more >>

I walk and I walk in the park; I see all of the trees and all of the placent levels, I walk down a narrow path onto the great lawn were life is expecting me to grow as I walk... Read more >>