Royal Young. What a cool name. By extension what cool (and ambitious) parents to give him that name. No wonder this creative Lower East Sider, writer at Interview Magazine and The Lo Down, picked up a thing or two from mom and dad: the Oedipus Complex, Daniel Burnham, changing the […]

I don’t remember exactly how I got to that bus stop. Actually, waiting for this train, it slowly comes back to me. I had volunteered to babysit for my friends’ toddler. Insofar as public transportation was concerned, this would prove to be a big week. After crisscrossing the country a […]

Today’s lesson come’s from Renee, a co-worker and optimist; the kind of person who’s always having a great day not just a good one, and who is a pleasure to be around. Renee’s lesson is not to be afraid to ask, and to have an open mind to learning new […]

By Stephanie Ursula Hodges Today’s interview and life lesson is from none other than my dear father (depicted here with Beatnik glasses and my lovely mother at his side). Whether tantrums or tears, my three brothers and I were taught from the outset that we’d  be “wiser in the morning.” […]

By PenTales Pundit Elise Nardin, Zurich, Switzerland Last spring, a polemic started about a new Twitter account: @oldmansearch. ‘Norman N.’ is a 82 years old American veteran living in Indianapolis – according to the tweets he sent. His Twitter account description says: “My dad is 82 years old. I’m teaching […]

By PenTales Pundit Elise Nardin, Zurich, Switzerland From dreaming of becoming an ice cream seller on the beach to wanting be a dentist, after a brief ‘zoo keeper’ stint, this is quite a stretch. Maybe Daniel wanted to sell ice creams, he then realized he’d like to be able to […]

He preferred the boy. She was a smear on his coat of Honor. She did it herself, he reasoned. If she hadn’t gone looking for men, she’d have been just fine. I gave her everything i could, and this is how she repays me! She had been told how she […]