Topic

writing

A collection of 18 issues

How a pretty thing inspires me to write.

It’s always winter when I write. Beautiful, calm, soothing white winter. As a child growing up in Colorado, there’s a very unique, comforting, secure sense of being snowed in. If you’ve never experienced it, I really can’t explain it to you. But may I recommend a

For the love of good men and dogs.

I am a lucky girl. 2010 has been good to me, if only for the fact that I get to come home to a wonderful husband, a beautiful house with lots of white space and high ceilings, and exuberant, unconditional dog love every single day. And all that without my

For the love of good men and dogs.

I am a lucky girl. 2010 has been good to me, if only for the fact that I get to come home to a wonderful husband, a beautiful house with lots of white space and high ceilings, and exuberant, unconditional dog love every single day. And all that without my

Architecture and writing rooms.

The table is dark wood with a walnut swirl, 5-6 feet in diameter. It’s nestled in the southeast corner near the window facing Galer Street, holding court with seven wooden chairs on a matching wooden floor. There are always at least two people there when I arrive. The regulars.

A writer's writer.

To write well, one must read well. I listened to a great interview with David Sedaris on Fresh Air this week and also discovered the author James Salter. Salter is a writer – a writer’s writer – featured in a recent New Yorker and interviewed in the Paris Review: I’m

On Wild Things, atheism, and crushes on humanity.

In my most recent AIGA webinar, which aired last week, I mentioned how design research is like having a crush on humanity. I’m honored to be in the company of the late, the wonderful Maurice Sendak, who had one, too. But, you know, there’s something I’m finding

Words are sensuous. Words are beautiful.

The historical B&O rail station. Oriole Park at Camden Yards in Baltimore. I need a sandbox full of consonants and vowels. Full, crisp, contrasty ones. Like the ones found in “Camden Yards”. Camden Yards is one of my favorite things to say. From the first time I ever

How a pretty thing inspires me to write.

It’s always winter when I write. Beautiful, calm, soothing white winter. As a child growing up in Colorado, there’s a very unique, comforting, secure sense of being snowed in. If you’ve never experienced it, I really can’t explain it to you. But may I recommend a