State Street Scribe by Jeff Wing On 9 November, 1989, East Berlin’s longtime Communist party boss Günter Schabowski is giving a press conference and stammers out a note he’s been suddenly […]
St. Babs and St. Peter. A Match Made in Berlin
Writer To Writer: Interview with Author Emily Belden
I first met Emily Belden after she spoke on a women’s panel for the Printers Row Literary Festival this year in Chicago. Alongside three other women authors, she discussed the […]
MUSIC: Q&A with MOON DIVER
Photo by Leela Cyd Q&A with: MOON DIVER *Play while reading: https://soundcloud.com/moondivermusic The band Mood Diver takes the term “start-up” to another level. They not only write music, they built […]
All the Scary Horses
State Street Scribe by Jeff Wing When I was about 15 my sister, Jill—a trophy-festooned equestrian—took me horseback riding. I was uneasy with the whole deal because I’ve always been […]
From the Earth to the Moon to Upper de la Vina: Joe Schneider Finds His Tranquility Base and Sticks the Landing
State Street Scribe by Jeff Wing Between bites of bagel, Joe Schneider—late of Schneider Autohaus—is patiently explaining why it’s so hard to land a spaceship on the moon. “One of […]
Hanna Puacz’s Last Invention
State Street Scribe by Jeff Wing How to describe the indescribable? Lotusland is a horticultural fireworks display, a kaleidoscope with roots. Lotusland’s aesthetic embrace has the playfully mesmerizing palette of […]
Spring: What are the Chances?
State Street Scribe by Jeff Wing Spring has arrived. Our unfortunate fealty to the numbing Age of Reason precludes our playful use of the word “Miracle”, even as we dance […]
An Exhaust Manifold Adventure
State Street Scribe by Jeff Wing What is Life? The two competing theories are at odds. Intelligent Design supposes we are the deliberate invention of a Supreme Creative Intelligence outside […]
Arjen’s Sense of Unbegryplik Wonder
State Street Scribe by Jeff Wing She doesn’t tiptoe in. She runs into Arjen’s room, or walks briskly, anyway. It’s probably too breathless to write “She bursts into Arjen’s room!” Though the […]
Statue of Limitations
State Street Scribe by Jeff Wing I remember very little about winning my Academy Award®. The evening was a blur and I sometimes wonder if it really happened. I vaguely […]