by Jackie | Life Happens, Living Deliberately
I was walking Reggie in the early evening darkness when I saw the faint outline of my neighbor approaching. I’d been hoping to run into her. I had to ask if it was her name listed in the credits of a popular literature webisode. She has an unusual name, which...
by Jackie | Living Deliberately, The One With, Writing Life
I once interviewed a man who’d climbed Mount Everest. It was my first major interview at my first job out of college. The article was scheduled to appear in the lifestyle section of the city’s newspaper—a local-guy-does-good story. He was soft-spoken and...
by Jackie | Around NYC, Living Deliberately
A man shuffled through my subway car. “Hi. My name is Sonny Payne. I’m homeless and I’m hungry,” he repeated like a mantra as he tried to dodge the standing-room-only crowd. “If you don’t have it, I can understand because I...
by Jackie | Living Deliberately, The One With
It’s been said that not all who wander are lost. And then there was that thing about roads diverging in a wood. Despite the romanticized hubbub about the benefits of being lost, I’m not buying it. I like to know where I’m going and how long...
by Jackie | Around NYC, Living Deliberately, The One With
“In the beginner’s mind there are many possibilities, but in the expert’s there are few.” – Zen Master Shunryo Suzuki Reggie and I are taking a late afternoon walk. It’s on the steamy side. The sun is at that particular angle where you cannot escape...
by Jackie | Living Deliberately, The One With
I’m not sure that I would have listened to me, but if I could take a Wayne’s World time warp to impart some *wisdom* on my twenty-something self, these are a few of the things I would say. 1. Being creative is largely about protecting precious time....
