Storytelling Blogs

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• A Vermont Women’s Prison Story (Slice 2 of the Series) — What happens when cruelty becomes entertainment inside a women's prison? I know, because I lived it. In this next slice
• Forensic storytelling — A single autopsy report stopped me in my tracks. I read a medical examiner's report and watched a life flatten into clin
• Peppermint Piece: Vietnam and the Meatloaf — An intimate excerpt from my memoir Peppermint about Vietnam, the draft lottery and a brutally bad meatloaf. I tell how m
• The Meatloaf: Peppermint Piece — A gray slab of meatloaf and soggy fries set the scene for lottery daydreams at the dinner table. I revisit a dinner time
• Technical Writing: a bibliography, tips, and tricks — A few thoughts on clear technical writing: how to explain complex systems without sounding robotic, why plain language m
• A chocolate chip melted in my mouth — A small kitchen moment turns into something tender and a little aching. I write about comfort food memories, late-night
• Didn’t we die, bit by bit — This is about the slow unraveling that happens over meals you still share. A quiet piece on friendship, grief, and the s
• Caramelized onions — I let onions cook down while everything else simmers. This piece lingers in the kitchen patient, sweet, and a little bur
• The status of our friendship — We circle each other over shared dishes and unfinished sentences. This story sits at the table with complicated friendsh
• Family Tree — Food is the only inheritance that never gets lost. I trace family through recipes, kitchen habits, and what gets passed
• Will there be pie? — I keep asking the question because it matters more than it should. This is a story about waiting, hope, and the comfort
• A nice change — Sometimes the menu shifts and so does everything else. This piece follows a small, unexpected turn new flavors, new mood
• Best medicine? — Soup, tea, toast nothing dramatic, just the things that help when you’re not at your best. I write about being cared for
• The loop — We keep returning to the same table, the same habits, the same dishes. This story moves in circles eating, remembering,
• On finding old cherry tomatoes in the back of the refrigerator — I discover them too late but not quite too late. This is about forgotten ingredients, second chances, and what we salvag
• Confections — Sugar, experiments, and the quiet joy of making something small and sweet. I write about treats that don’t last long but
• We are still here — The meals keep happening, which means we do too. This piece holds onto endurance through cooking and gathering, even whe
• Macaroni and cheese — Simple, warm, and deeply familiar. I write about macaroni and cheese as both comfort and memory what it fixes and what i
• The Parable of the Baker — A short parable about a baker who learns that making fewer, more meaningful things can serve his community better than c