National observances, seasonal celebrations, and cultural moments seen through a writer’s eyes, from Veterans Day to Mother’s Day, each connected to storytelling and the preservation of memory.
ObservancesNational Camera Day honors the machine itself, from a 50-pound box of plates and chemicals to the device in your pocket. A look at how the camera changed the way I see, and how that seeing feeds my writing.
ObservancesWorld Photography Day marks the 1839 gift of the daguerreotype to the world. With 980,000 pictures and counting, a photographer-writer reflects on what the camera's eye brings to the page.
ObservancesNational Short Film Day is December 21. Why short films matter, what the form teaches about compression, and why writers should study storytelling in miniature.
ObservancesEaster is a moveable spring Sunday. A childhood story about a pet rabbit, a hard rural lesson, and why the unsentimental truth makes the best writing.
ObservancesSt. Patrick's Day is March 17. Beyond the green beer, it celebrates a great storytelling culture. What writers can learn from the Irish oral tradition.
ObservancesNew Year's Eve is December 31. Why the backward look matters more than the countdown, and how a writer should close out a year before the new one starts.
ObservancesThanksgiving is the fourth Thursday in November. The family stories told over dinner vanish if no one writes them down. Why this is the day to start.
ObservancesColumbus Day is the second Monday in October. An honest look at the Columbian Exchange, the collision of two worlds, and a book that explains it.
ObservancesLabor Day is the first Monday in September. An honest take on the holiday and the writing angle in it: writing is real labor, most of it invisible.
ObservancesPresidents' Day is the third Monday in February. The presidents we remember could write, and the words outlasted the terms. Why it still matters.
ObservancesMartin Luther King Jr. Day is the third Monday in January. The man behind the holiday was a writer first, and his words are why we still listen.
ObservancesNew Year's Day is January 1. A writer's take on the fresh start, why resolutions usually fail, and how to actually use the blank page a new year offers.
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