I just looked back at my “about me” blurb—and that “learning to type” bit? On reflection, not true. The hardest part of writing is writing.

Maybe I said it because I’ve rarely suffered from writers block, at least not as I understand it. But building a piece? Not easy. Still—it’s what I love to do. Am driven to do.

Check out the links and ledes (journalist lingo for the lead, the hook, the first couple of grafs or so; grafs is short for paragraphs) in the drop-down menu. I hope you enjoy reading these stories as much as I enjoyed writing them.