This is an amazing STEM program I got to write about for Voice of San Diego and their Partner Voices initiative. So much good being done by San Diego Chapter of The Links, Incorporated and The Links, Incorporated for minority students in San Diego. voiceofsandiego.org/partner-voices…

#MemorialDayWeekend means the start of summer reading season. From literary fiction by Karen Russell and Colson Whitehead to the latest romances by E L James and Kate Quinn, you'll find something for every fiction fan: bit.ly/2JYrHYS

“Kinder than is necessary. Because it's not enough to be kind. One should be kinder than needed.” —from WONDER by R.J. Palacio 💕💕 Here are 10 books for all ages that will inspire you to choose kindness every day: bit.ly/34jCB34 #BeKind21

"There is something in us, as storytellers and as listeners to stories, that demands the redemptive act, that demands that what falls at least be offered the chance to be restored." - Flannery O'Connor

PLNU alumna Amy Bernal has a lead role in changing the way people with vision loss experience daily life and connection with others. viewpoint.pointloma.edu/creating-conne…

"While The House on Mango Street is undoubtedly hopeful ... it is also an unflinching portrayal of life for Latinx people in the United States." Bustle

"I think it’s important to be respectful of how mysterious the whole deal is: a person being moved by a story another person made up. It’s weird but it happens and it can really change people’s lives." newyorker.com/books/this-wee…

"A plotless play doesn't deal with the mechanics of the practical arrangement of life but deals with the mechanics of the mind, some kind of spiritual survival, a process of thought." From this 1977 American Theatre interview w/ Maria Irene Fornes on Fefu and Her Friends

“We still need stories, and fiction specifically—storytelling is a defining characteristic that makes us human,” Adrienne LaFrance writes. Great literary news from The Atlantic: theatlantic.com/books/archive/…

Listen to some of the music by the 32 female composers being presented by Juilliard's Focus Festival this month nyti.ms/38kDpWj

When Carrie on #SexandtheCity says "It wasn't a perfect catch. And neither was mine. But I survived because I have a good safety net." 😭

The bloom on this tree near my office lasts just about two weeks. But what a moment that is.

Read your writing out loud. Keep everything that makes a beautiful sound. Get rid of all the noise.

A work of art “has to surprise its audience, which it can do only if it has legitimately surprised its creator.” ~ George Saunders

“I hope audiences are inspired by the audacity and softened by the humanity of this project, and finally, humbled by what decent, passionate people working together are capable of.” It's Nice That artcamp bit.ly/3nNLI4p

"I like the person I become when I read a lot of books. I dislike the person I become when I spend a lot of time on social media." lithub.com/are-screens-ro…

“The experience offered new insight into Frost’s remark from almost a century ago that poetry ‘begins in delight and ends in wisdom.’”

“We have one brief flash in this world. Why not be awed by clouds outside an airplane window, a patchwork of fields, the thrill of waking up some place new? Why not fall hard for places?” @AnneliseJolley

“I think that being honest is kind of the best way forward. Living by truth is the most efficient way to live.” — Prince Harry

Anyone else having the worst time adjusting to daylight savings this year?