MY WEEKLY BLOG How Old Are You? When I was 14, I moved to Washington D.C. to attend the first school in the United States that offered ballet and academic subjectsunder the same roof. My parents drove me there from Massachusetts, moved me in, bought me a goldfish for...

MY WEEKLY BLOG What Shape Are You? When I was accepted into the Harkness Ballet Company, I didn’t sleep that night. I was a sixteen-year-old ballerina filled with bubbles and ambrosia. Champagne and caviar at the Russian Tea Room. Chocolate mousse at Rumplemayer’s. I...

MY WEEKLY BLOG HELP! When I was six or seven, I used to sit on my parent’s bed and watch the Olympics on a black and white television. I was mesmerized bywhat athletes were capable of: Skiing, gymnastics, swimming, diving and for me, the crème de la crème, figure...

MY WEEKLY BLOG DEATH OF A WARRIOR: A TRIBUTE In the year 2000, I had a meeting with a woman named JamiGoldman who was looking for a writer to tell her story. Back in 1987, when she was 19, she and a girlfriend were returning from a ski trip when an unexpected...

Prompt Mean Girls (and Boys) I’m walking down the stone stairs in my grammar school,gripping the wooden banister. The bathrooms are located in the basement and we’re all walking in a row. This is my first day of kindergarten. I’m scared. I haven’t been around a lot of...

WATCH IT! “The miracle is not to walk on water. The miracle is to walk on the green earth, dwelling deeply in the present moment and feeling truly alive.”                                                           - - Thich Nhat Hanh The greatest gurus and teachers...