by Marc Livanos I touch cool grittybay waters,full of blue-green wavestossing and rollingplayfully animated,as they crash against the shore. I taste saltiness,carried and flung ontwisting twirlingmisty sea breezes –briny, fishyforever saline. In this roux, the laughingcries of seagulls carrythe wisdom of the ages,as their mocking attitudetaunts me –dude, go home,…
Bestselling “Eat, Pray, Love” author Elizabeth Gilbert’s TEDTalk focuses on the inherent emotional risks involved in creative ventures and the idea that each of us is a creative genius.
by Richard Adams Carey I remember my mother being an atheist about the aging process. “I don’t feel any different,” she would protest as the decades marched on. She didn’t deny the aches and pains, which she did feel, and which were different. It was more a mental thing, a…
by Pamme Boutselis Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author Amanda Bennett is an executive editor at Bloomberg News, directing special projects and investigations. She is the author of several books, including “In Memoriam,” “The Quiet Room,” “The Man Who Stayed Behind” and “The Cost of Hope,” a memoir about her family’s…