Steph Panecasio was an Editor based in Sydney, Australia. She knows a lot about the intersection of death, technology and culture. She's a fantasy geek who covers science, digital trends, video games, ...
No matter if you're in school or well past your days in English class, figures of speech are used every day in our lives. From songs and television shows to conversations and advertisements, we often ...
Joy Clarkson peels back the veil of overfamiliarity from commonplace expressions and images. I’m afraid these men would only slow me down,” says a cocksure Benedict Cumberbatch in the role of the ...
Facade of the Cathedral of St. Francis in Santa Fe, New Mexico (image via Wiki Commons) While enjoying my first visit to Santa Fe, N.M., I sat on a balcony with a view of the central plaza. From that ...
A good metaphor can be crucial to garnering supporters, writes Gayle Roberts, a fund-raising consultant in San Francisco. On her blog, Fundraising for Nonprofits, Ms. Roberts points to a YouTube video ...
Gray Harrison is a journalist, critic, and creative writer based in Seattle. She has a Master’s degree in Cultural Reporting and Criticism from NYU. While pursuing an arts journalism career, Gray ...
Big Basin Redwoods State Park in August 2020, during the CZU August Lightning complex fires. Sonoma County author Manjula Martin chronicles this and other catastrophes in her new memoir, "The Last ...