• Anecdotes

    Nature

    “I’ve started taking allegorical walks,” I explained to a friend. “Allegorical walks? What’s that, like meditating or something?” “No, they’re actual walks, but while I’m on them, I look for allegories. You…

  • Essays, Fiction, Prose

    Princess Diaries

    I have tried to describe my time teaching in Baltimore through fiction and nonfiction. 3QR allowed me to try a combination. The premise is that everything on the site is “three quarters…

  • Anecdotes

    Tomorrow

    ” Starting tomorrow,” I said. “Starting tomorrow, I’m going to be better. No more fried food. One drink a day–two at most. I bet that’d make a big difference, you know. In…

  • Fiction, Humor/Satire, Prose, Short Stories

    Improvement

    And then sometimes it’s the little things you write on a whim that end up getting published. This goofy little piece managed to win me first prize in the Baltimore Review’s Winter…