Just in Conversation

Sometimes one finds themselves in a period of disillusionment, the discovery that something is not as good as one believed it to be, or things should be … you fill in the blank. I’ve found myself here lately. And maybe you have too. The times we’re facing are unlike any […]

Dr. Valerie Bullock has been an anchoring influence early in my adult life, and I’m sure several others can say the same. Throughout the years, what started as a guiding presence has now grown into a mentor, teacher, leader, and friend. Much of my thirst for adventure and the search […]

There are times when the world feels overwhelmingly vast and difficult to comprehend, too large to experience it all. But there are also those little magical moments when the world feels quite small. I had this experience this past year, in the height of the early days of the pandemic, […]

When we were kids we climbed trees. Now as adults we climb walls, both physical ones and the ones we create. In this season, I talk to my childhood best friend, some important women and men who were key mentors and influencers in my life, a close adult-hood friend that’s […]

Music was my gateway into curiosity, a way to express the questions tumbling around in my mind, and to spin a thread to the past to try and understand this life. In my later years of college the real journey to finding my voice began. I was not alone. So […]

Sometimes I find it helpful to remember that our existence is a continuation of all those that have gone before. We’re carrying the torch onward from stories, ideas, and movements sparked from lives long ago. This curiosity to explore the the spaces and places just out of reach is what led […]

Out there are things we know. There are also things we don’t know, but what about the things we’re not even aware of not knowing? I can’t help but thinking that we as human beings are not exempt from this idea of always being entangled with one another. In what […]

Artists, I think, have the official say on how we’re doing as a people. It’s sort of like a barometer for the state of things in our society — how we’re handling our progress as a species. Sometimes by way of the universe you will bring people into your life that […]

We all have heroes.  For my childhood friend, Kyle Herring, it started off as the caped crusader with the large “S” across his chest. The Superman — one who in Kyle’s words had immense power — made choices for good. Through a 3AM encounter, he discovered the muse that helped […]

The college days were a time when I was just beginning to discover myself. For many of my peers this was when, for the first time, we were making our own choices, seeing what worked and what didn’t, how we would find ourselves, and look for who we wanted to […]