Play a Day: Show and Tell

A banner hangs from the ceiling reading “show and tell.” A line of people form a queue to the microphone stage left. Each has an item. They speak in silent pantomime and take their turns explaining their object and its significance. One woman’s hands are empty. She takes hey turn at the mic in silence, […]

On Roots: Accidental and Otherwise

For basically all of my adult life, I’ve been in a state of transition. First, college. Graduation is always looming (without the negative connotation) in the distance. Living in dorm rooms. Dividing your life into semesters. Even eventually moving off-campus into an apartment, it’s still your “college apartment.” Right after graduation, I moved onto graduate […]