THE VIEW FROM SIGNAL HILL

Writers, like musicians, are notorious for leading double lives. We have our day jobs, which pay us the wages we need for things like groceries and the mortgage, and our side jobs that usually involve artistic expression that would be out of place (or wholly inappropriate) in our other work. Read More...

On Mother’s Day, my wife, Kelly, celebrated six years as a mom not by going to brunch or being given a day “off” from maternal duties, but by running her first 5K footrace with nearly 300 other women to help support a local charity. My wife is many things, but until that moment had never considered herself a runner. Read More...