Culture

Ineffable

In Culture, Miscellany on 25 December 2009 with 2 comments

We all seem to have things we can’t say to each other.
Perhaps we can’t say them because they are socially inap­pro­pri­ate. Perhaps we can’t say them because they reveal feel­ings we aren’t sup­posed to have. Perhaps we can’t say them because the words, their being uttered, their exis­tence out­side of our thoughts would change the relationship […]

Thanksgiving 2009

In Culture, Family, Holidays & Traditions on 27 November 2009 with no comments

Thanksgiving.
I com­plain every year about Thanksgiving, because I grew up cel­e­brat­ing the hol­i­day with extended fam­ily: sib­lings, aunts, cousins, friends, and tables of food. But ever since I left home, Thanksgiving has just been me and my hus­band, and then as our kids came along, our kids.
That’s just four peo­ple. When you grew up cel­e­brat­ing with […]

We Can Get There From Here: making a badass web

In Culture, Web Development, Writing on 3 November 2009 with no comments

My arti­cle, You Can Get There From Here: Websites for learn­ers is live today on A List Apart.
For var­i­ous rea­sons, this arti­cle was a long time com­ing. I started writ­ing it over a year and a half ago, but I just couldn’t spit out what I was try­ing to say. Every incar­na­tion of the article […]