So now that I’ve been out in the Midwest a couple of months now, and feeling my way around, I’m mostly comfortable and almost at home. That’s not to say there aren’t still occasional differences, as I get used to calling sneakers tennis shoes, referring to soda as pop, and completely mispronouncing the Reese’s brand [...]
Browsing the archives for the Chicago tag
I recently decided to turn my life upside down, chase a dream (or a calling) and head west. My destination was Arizona to research and write about the death of my cousin, Kirby Brown. Because things in life aren’t tidy and neat and rarely happen on schedule, that trip was delayed and complicated (of course [...]
