A co-worker was headed to an overnight stay at her mother's hospital bedside when I stopped by her desk on tuesday. I tried to give her a sympathetic ear and remind her to take care of herself too, without loading her down with useless platitudes. I told her about the many hospital visits I've made with Mom and Dad over the past two years, and ( Read more... )

Invite me into your house for some kind of social activity/ visit/ party that has nothing to do with visual arts, and then turn on the TV in front of me, and you are guaranteed to convince me to leave as quickly as I showed up ( Read more... )