The Winding Stair is an historic bookshop in Dublin, Ireland. It has long been a place for writers to convene. The building was built in 1875. It is yellow and stands beside the river Liffey and the Ha’penny bridge. The book shop opened in 1982, named for its winding staircase, and in tribute to W.B. Yeats, after his poem The Winding Stair. In the late ’90s, I attended a poetry reading there by Seamus Heaney and…
Maybe, we establish traditions in order to feel normal. At age sixteen I decided to visit my father in prison —to see him for the first time in ten years. The thought of going to the prison by myself made me nervous. I remember visiting my father in another facility once when I was six years old, but that was with my mother and two younger brothers. Back then, we visited my father in…
•The Photography Studio / From Photographer to Writer To prepare my studio for the sale, I emptied it in early January. I didn’t sell everything, though. Photography has been a part of my life since I was nine years old. It always will be, so I kept enough equipment to do some personal projects. Shortly after I emptied the place, I learned that the closing would be delayed. There’s still no new closing date. Meanwhile,…
Dear friends, For nearly fourteen years, I’ve been on an extraordinary journey celebrating and empowering people through photography. I’ve served hundreds of remarkable clients who have trusted me to create their portraits and headshots. I’m deeply humbled by each person who has chosen me to be their photographer. Over the years, I’ve also created meaningful personal projects, earned international awards, and exhibited world-wide. My ongoing work in the arts is about to shift. I’m selling…