Reading Aloud
Maybe I’m not the only one who occasionally feels deeply out of synch with her fellow humans. I didn’t expect it to happen as much as it has in my current focus on reading...
Humans Typing Fast
This morning, I gave myself a classic typing test. There was a reason. I won’t claim it was a good one, but we’ll get to that. It concerned a job I learned about yesterday...
What Writers Read
All writers read, of course. I’ve always assumed that they read often, steadily, efficiently, and with pleasure. But on reflection, I wonder. Is it necessarily the case? Do they read more, or differently from...
The Housekeeping Gene
A few days ago I googled “housekeeping,” probably hoping to find something interesting or meaningful about my own old, dull resistance to basic maintenance, that is, washing, dusting, sweeping, repairing — the details need...