19 for 2019: #13 Reclaim Your Personal Email Account

Thinking about keeping up with my personal email account, especially when most of my waking hours are dominated by the tyranny of my work inbox, makes me think of that classic scene in the Money Pit where Shelley Long and Tom Hanks, after a difficult day figuring out that "fixer upper," was an understatement on … Continue reading 19 for 2019: #13 Reclaim Your Personal Email Account

19 for 2019: #12 Read More

My relationship to books has changed and evolved more than I might have imagined over the years. I grew up in a household where both of my parents had their nose buried in a sci-fi or fantasy novel at any given moment, trips to the library were pretty regular and I usually brought home a … Continue reading 19 for 2019: #12 Read More

19 for 2019: #11 Fold Some Origami

Of course I learned to make those square paper fortune telling devices that foretold who you'd marry and whether you'd dwell in a mansion, apartment, sewer, or house based on your selection of favorite colors or numbers, and I'm sure I still could. I could make basic paper airplanes before that, and have no idea … Continue reading 19 for 2019: #11 Fold Some Origami

19 for 2019: #10 Resurrect Some Language Skills

"I can pretend to speak a lot of languages pretty well," I often tell people. "Enough to get into trouble, not quite enough to get out;" the same explanation I usually give when people want to know how much I can see. From the time I took my first German class in 8th grade to … Continue reading 19 for 2019: #10 Resurrect Some Language Skills