Modern Love rejected.
Laura and me. Seattle, 2005.
In July, I submitted the following essay to the New York Times Modern Love column.
On Wild Things, atheism, and crushes on humanity.
In my most recent AIGA webinar, which aired last week, I mentioned how design research is like having a crush
The Sound of a Swim.
Dangling on the edge of the pool at Bolton Swim + Tennis in Baltimore, Maryland. Photo by Callie Neylan, Summer 2011.
Sugar Darling.
Bria. Photo by Callie Neylan, March 23, 2012.
Sugar Darling, you are my sunshine. No,
moonshine. Intoxicant, swooning.
Down where
On Irish heritage and going home.
Fields near the Cliffs of Moher. County Clare, Ireland. Photo by Callie Neylan, February 6, 2012.
My maternal grandfather’s
On loving nature.
Map of Alaska via the University of Washington libraries.
I can’t stop thinking about Alaska. One might wonder how
In winter.
Looking south across the Cook Inlet near Anchorage, Alaska, a plane approaches the Ted Stevens International Airport. Photo by Callie
On bird love, biophilia, and happiness.
Cardinal, webwallpapers.net.
I got a beautiful pair of Bushnell binoculars for Christmas. “Because you’re so visual. So observant.
Words are sensuous. Words are beautiful.
The historical B&O rail station. Oriole Park at Camden Yards in Baltimore.
I need a sandbox full of
With friends and crême brulée.
Last night, Will and I had his friend Glotz (aka Chris Glotzbach) over for dinner. Glotz is an old friend