I have been the worst blogger ever. When things are well (or at least busy), I get so caught up in the happenings of the universe, that I forget to write.  It's like I go through stages of intense thinking ...Read More

In a Purple Room lies a Nurple Boom

Since I returned to Pittsburgh, I've been buried in writing my thesis manuscript. I keep saying it's done and then I go back and throw away chapters at a time, because I suddenly realize I hate them. I've rewritten the ...Read More

Almost Done

Colombia

Everyone's excited about Colombia these days. I am too. Colombian film ('Paraiso Travel') plays at Tribeca. John Leguizamo is in it; hopefully he'll do a better job than his last Colombian adventure. Author of Lonely Planet Colombia admits he never went there. ...Read More

Colombia in the News

My grandfather's grandfather, Benito Rueda, founded a small town in the mountains of Santander, Colombia. A small town that has, by the way, a website. A wonderful little website with old pictures and a virtual tour of the church that ...Read More

Virtual Tour

I am reading a the Fuel & Fuddle tonight. Selections from the manuscript in progress. If you're in Pittsburgh and you've got nothing to do in two hours, come on out. I'm reading with Sam MacDonald (who happens to ...Read More

Reading