Caroline Ridgway·May 5, 2021Towanda and the Petitions of Jazz FateI consumed this essay with interest when it recently posted through Lit Hub. In it, the author confronts the impending intersection of her…
Caroline Ridgway·Feb 19, 2021Time to Pay AttentionThere is a splash of satire in this post, relative to its inspiring subject matter. I was recently pointed to a fascinating think piece in…
Caroline Ridgway·Jul 13, 2020Who tells my story?: Exploring one kind of legacy.Amid recurring rampant Hamil-fever (a welcome respite from worry over catching the more treacherously swirling Corona-fever), there are a…
Caroline Ridgway·Jul 9, 2020Living with GravityThis morning I got into a conversation with a friend about death. Her father-in-law is elderly and not well. There isn’t any one thing to…
Caroline Ridgway·Jun 5, 2020Sadness Interruptus: In Consideration of Silence as a Protective MeasureAlmost 5 years ago my brother died. I’ve never been so glad.
Caroline Ridgway·Jun 3, 2020When the Whole Job is One Big Side HustleScrolling through LinkedIn, Medium.com, Instagram or other related platforms, you see a lot of references to side hustles. In the golden…
Caroline Ridgway·May 31, 2020What I see is this: The streets are burning because it’s the people who are on fire.It’s hard to look out the window today and see the sun shine. It’s hard to sit comfortably, peacefully, and safely within the four walls…
Caroline Ridgway·May 19, 2020The Proof is in the Rise: Ruminations on Sourdough’s Current Cultural MomentI understand now why people have been baking bread like mad during the pandemic. I’ve never baked bread before, other than boxed quick…
Caroline Ridgway·May 4, 2020Accidental Entrepreneurship & the Will to PersevereI am an accidental entrepreneur. My career path has been a bit disjointed. The overall trajectory has been up and forward, but not within…
Caroline Ridgway·Apr 27, 2020When Working from Home is the Same, but DifferentMaybe it’s a case of like attracting like, but a lot of my friends and close acquaintances are also in some kind of creative and/or…
