fiction with a dark edge
One of my most popular posts, to my surprise, was about my struggles with anxiety, in which I lowered my guard, just a little, around my private persona. This post is in that vein. So, if you're here for reading or writing insights, you can skip this one. But if you're interested in mental and... Continue Reading →
The excellent dystopian episodic series Black Mirror explores the dark underbelly of technology, especially of the social webs we weave. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R32qWdOWrTo For longer than most, displaying my Luddite late-adopter tendencies, I used my cell phone only for phone-ly things: making calls. Even after getting a smart phone, I didn't do much more than text. Eventually,... Continue Reading →
One of the things I loved about being a journalist was the excuse it gave me to dive deeply into subjects and lives I would never encounter otherwise. In the name of “getting the story” I did such things as going on patrol with the coast guard (albeit in a relatively tame New England town),... Continue Reading →
After twenty-four years of getting nostalgic every time I hear Tom Petty’s “Free Fallin’” because I listened to it the morning after my husband proposed, I discover the song is about a break-up. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rqDq3eyTGck It seems the heart knows no logic. Or perhaps it’s the ear or the body’s musical core that are immune to... Continue Reading →
AUDREY KALMAN 