Riding Pretty

During the early days of the pandemic the Mississippi River Levee bike trail behind our house filled up with people … More

Paying it forward: making others’ lives more awesome

This is another installment of the scholarship essays, this is from 1-800-contacts and you can (I hope) find the link … More

The Intangible Benefits of Travel

  Yet another of the scholarship essays I’ve written (that ahepaid not one dram in scholarship money, BTW).  thsi one … More

Why is Social Media Marketing Important?

It’s been a bit, but I’m back with more scholarship essays. This one (felt like a long-shot) was for a … More

Farewell to Egypt, chapter one: BIRTH

Here’s the first chapter of my book, “Farewell to Egypt”. It is a very American story, one that will at … More

Building Wellness into Building: improving the livability of homes

This latest in the Scholarship Essays Series, done for an application offered by The HouseMethod.com.  As an Architectural Design major … More

The Modern Odd Couple: eCommerce & eCoupons

Here is another of the Scholarship Essays.  This one was offered by CouponBirds.com and can be found here.  A word … More

Technology & the Evolution of Translation

This scholarship essay asked applicants to write on how technology is changing the translation industry. It might be helpful to … More

Working for Someone Else or for Myself

Another in The ScholarshpEssays series.  I think this was the shortest of them all and is extremely distilled version of  … More

The Lasting Worth of a Strong Foundation

This entry into the Scholarship Essays was being awarded by, I believe, an architecture firm.  It asked us to compare … More