break | Marginalia

Here we are in subzero temperatures, trying to stay active in a good ole fashioned Chicago winter. This can be so hard when that 8-15 minu..

For millions of K-12 school children, the three “R’s” traditionally refer to reading, writing, and arithmetic. When it comes to summer bre..

The New Year has dawned, and I don’t have a list of Resolutions for myself. For the past handful of years, I can name the “goals” I made f..

On set at a music video shot over break

So how does a graduate student spend their break? It might be weird getting almost two months ..

Wild Chickens of Oviedo, Florida

Just a year and a half ago I was writing about leaving Florida, and now I’m back down south to spend ..

Red Lodge, Montana

After a difficult but successful semester, I am glad to be back in Montana for break. The amount of composing was i..

Every time I return home, something is different. I came back from a year’s travel in 2006 to twenty kilometers of arterial motorway t..

Family

Being away from home is often difficult for many people, especially when one is engulfed by work and stress. However as a gradu..

It’s no secret among my fellow producers or any regular readers here that I’m a great admirer of JJ Abrams. So you can imagine my plea..

Two weeks ago, I went to Detroit. I was visiting friends in Ann Arbor for the weekend when we decided to get brunch in Detroit. We end..