It’s Book Festival time of year. I love this event. I’m a reader, though less…
Fieldtripping: Celebrating Breast Cancer Awareness Month
It’s Breast Cancer Awareness Month. This is the month when everything turns pink—in the grocery…
Field Tripping: What to do with yourself when you’ve got cancer and the flu
This column is supposed to be about field trips, about leaving the computer and actually…
Getting to Know You, Getting to Know All About You…
I’m an identical twin. My sister is my very best friend. We talk on…
My life with booze—a teetotaler’s drinking diary
It’s the Booze Issue, and I gotta say, I’m the least likely contributor to such…
And then I got cancer—navigating my health and Baltimore’s Hopkins history
I’ve lived in lots of cities as an itinerant academic without a permanent gig, and…
The ins and outs of bicycling in Baltimore and the need for more bike lanes
I love riding my bicycle. I love the sense of freedom, of getting from place…