I’m in a textbook
I was surprised and excited to stumble across this mention of my version of “The Bear and the Cub” in a textbook: Freedom of Speech: Reflections in Art and Popular Culture, by Patricia L. Dooley
“Still a Hit After 350 Years”
This article ran in USA Today in 2015. I wrote the play in 2007. Accomack: ‘Bear and Cub’ still a hit after 350 years www.usatoday.com/story/news/local/virginia/2015/09/01/bare-cubbe-performed/71539410/ Carol Vaughn Accomack: ‘Bear and Cub’ still a hit after 350 years The North Street Playhouse performs “The Bare and the Cubbe” near the site of the original play, which […]
Guiding Light
Look carefully. Can you spot the binder clips keeping chaos at bay? These track lighting fixtures would not stay where they were supposed to be focused. I tried lots of solutions before the binder clip ultimately saved the day.
Convergence Center Interview
I was interviewed about the Convergence Center (the building I manage at UMW) for a student project, and this is what I said:
The Convergence Center Misses You
I made this video one day when UMW was closed for spring break. It’s about the place where I work, which is a pretty cool place.
Grembles
I painted this little goblin. He is small, but scrappy. He’s fighting Sindren, who I also painted, but I’m not as proud of him. Sorry buddy.
I keep it in my wallet now.
A brief story from 2008: I was sitting in Union Square, idly eating lunch with a group of about six other people, when a young man suddenly approached me. “Excuse me,” he said. “Are you Jewish?” “No,” I replied, truthfully. “Oh,” he said, disappointed but not disheartened; he had a plan for just such a […]
It’s Not the Size of Your Needles, It’s How You Use Them
This is a story about the peculiar magnetic properties of a man knitting on the subway in New York City. I wrote this in 2007, shortly after it happened. After visiting my parents in Virginia over Christmas, I took a Greyhound back to New York. As soon as I got off the bus in the city, […]
The Pineapple Story
I worked a late event tonight, and ended up leaving campus at about 9:45. I had eaten an early dinner, so I was already starting to fantasize about my bedtime bowl of cereal as I started the drive home. We were just getting to the good part when I was struck by a terrible realization: I […]
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