This afternoon over Intelligentsia coffee and a raspberry chocolate mousse cup, my friend/spiritual guide Megan informed me that, for those whose hearts are stirred by travel, God either gives a passion for a specific country, or for people.
My heart is for PEOPLE.
I can never decide which culture, which country, is most exciting for me. Megan [...]
Archive for May, 2008
Citizen of the World
Posted in Europe, beauty, food on May 16, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Dream Job
Posted in music, self-indulgence, work on May 14, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I recently received a letter from a friend with enough faith in me to believe I’d promptly respond. She asked me, in light of my then impending graduation, which talent I would choose if I could have any in the world. It did not take me a second to conclude: I would love to be [...]
Acknowledgements
Posted in Chicago, memory on May 5, 2008 | 2 Comments »
If Anna Resvik had not left some hick town in Norway to sail the Atlantic and bring her radiant self to the shores of the proverbial Lake Wobegon and if the poor, tired, huddled masses yearning to breathe free of the Andrew Family had not decided to get the hell out of England and settle [...]
