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Art of Writing

Originally published December 28, 2017 on Quora Recently, I was contacted by an engineer in Bangalore, India who’d been reading my responses on Quora. He was impressed with my writing style. I was deeply flattered because my writing seems sophomoric, lacking depth. I cringe when I read The New Yorker, lamenting, “Why can’t I write […]

Similarities between Strawberries and Writing

Several years ago, I planted bare-root strawberries at our Mount Vernon house. Purchased at a local feed store, I questioned whether they’d grow since they were nothing more than shriveled foliage with stems attached. Within weeks of planting, they awoke from their dormancy, producing beautiful foliage, and subsequently delectable strawberries and runners. Last year, there […]