“Hi! as you know my name is Xazmin Garza. I’m 11 years old. I’m in the sixth grade. …” That’s how the second page of my first journal begins, Dec. 26, 1988. And, that’s when my fate as a writer began.

Source: Caitlin Regen/2.0 Generic (CC BY 2.0) Sometimes it’s hard to recognize the small incremental ways that we improve from year to year. In a society focused on external accomplishments, we aren't ...

(MoneyWatch) I've been reading through Salman Rushdie's "Midnight's Children" at night lately before I fall asleep. It's a magnificent novel of the first years of India's independence, told through ...

Story telling is a lost art in many families. Historically, elders passed on culture, skills, and knowledge to younger generations via storytelling – a position that came with much esteem and respect.