Here’s a bit of common sense, good advice, a no-brainer, whatever you want to call it: Dead civilizations are dead for a reason. I try sharing that little parable of wisdom with Suzette as plainly as possible, explaining that I’m … Continue reading
Where did the name Angryblue come from? ANGRYBLUE: Unfortunately, I don’t have a clever backstory. It’s based on a nickname a close friend had for me. I was going to try to come up with a scenario involving post-apocalyptic vampire … Continue reading
“Marco…Polo!” shouted the bike-borne combatants across the court and on either side of me. And thus the match began, as I awkwardly accelerated toward a red street hockey ball placed at the center of the Central Avenue overpass tunnel in … Continue reading
“I choose to believe that I can do whatever I want – that nothing’s impossible! And I surround myself with people who feel the same way. This whole community, Louisville, has the feeling that anything is possible.”
Simon Mwendapeke Tshitimana, a refugee from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, laid out his produce on the table at the Bluegrass Global Growers Market: eggplant; tomatoes; a pumpkin-like green squash; and roselle, a sour perennial herb common to African … Continue reading
I mean no disrespect to the Louisville Zoo’s “World’s Largest Halloween Party” when I say this: The Dreams With Wings annual Jack O’Lantern Stroll is my family’s favorite Halloween event. There is so much to love about this event. Come. … Continue reading
All Hallows’ Eve is serious business. Although it is a decidedly modest celebration of national scale when compared to the merry leviathan known as “The Holidays,” a transcontinental agreement to shower disguised strangers with free candy is no mean feat, … Continue reading
It all started as a sidewalk conversation on 4th Street last November. Laura Morton was walking down the sidewalk outside of Spalding University, where she was (and still is) a screenwriting student in the brief-residency MFA in Writing program. Blair … Continue reading