I find myself continually filling the margins of my notebooks with words and phrases spoken by people around me. I’m a notorious eavesdropper, and whenever I find myself at a loss for inspiration, I flip back to these isolated thoughts in order to search for the train of thought that’s abandoned me. Thumbing through the […]

I’ve been told before that my dreams are both stunningly entertaining and mildly unnerving, often at the same time. This, as best I can gather, is for two reasons: I have the untethered imagination of a six-year-old, and the storyteller in me enjoys relating my dreams to others. My dreams run the gamut from charming […]

There must be something in the air in Armagh. Maybe it’s the smell of chickens, maybe the mist from the unexpected downpour atop Naven Fort. Either way, I had the glorious experience this afternoon of sitting down in front of a blank page with every intention of freewriting for a few minutes, and then scribbling […]

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. Actually, most of us had no idea what time it actually was. Somewhere between 2:30 pm and four in the morning, depending on the time zone. And yet, I doubt this is the real reason that our first two days walking the streets […]