Nights Welcomes New Co-Editor: Kristin Conard

Me in Butrint, Albania

New co-editor joins a Nights team.

Hi Matador Nights readers! Im Kristin Conard, as well as Im excited to be joining Matador Nights as a co-editor.

Why Im Here

I wrote my initial book around a age of 5 about a cat as well as a dog as well as a rodent (that was a title, genius we know) as well as my mom with pictures it for me. My passion has grown from there, as well as to be means to share it with someone who isnt my mom is fantastic.

Thanks to a lovely Kate Sedgwick, Nights editor, Ive been means to write a number of pieces for Nights in a past, as well as additionally interjection to her, we was invited onto a Matador Nights team.

When Im Not Here

When Im not operative for Matador, Im teaching during a few universities in New Jersey and, with that, grading seemingly unconstrained amounts of papers.

I came here by way of Kansas, where we was innate as well as grew up, New Mexico, where we was a Boy Scout operative during Philmont Scout Ranch, as well as England, where we went to propagandize for my masters in beautiful as well as vicious writing, my topic upon Travel as well as American Identity.

I drink as well much coffee, listen to music as well loud, as well as we reread Douglas Adams Hitchhikers Guide to a Galaxy as well as Joseph Hellers Catch-22 during least once a year.

Im ceaselessly forgetful of as well as formulation for my next trip. Some ideas we have right now have been learning to roller in Hawaii, starting to a yoga retreat (maybe in a Arctic?) as well as hiking a Inca Trail (or may be a Camino. Any suggestions upon which one?).

Any questions for Kristin? Anything youd like to see more of upon Nights? Share your thoughts in a comments below!

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

The Worlds Oldest Maps

Image
Man has been carving symbols in to stones as well as upon cavern walls for thousands of years so it was usually a make a difference of time before maritime inscriptions would arise to assistance guide a hunting as well as foraging patterns. From cavern drawings as well as Babylonian clay tablets to mill carvings as well as papyrus text, here are a little of a worlds oldest maps (in no particular order). 1418 Ming Dynasty Map The map graphic upon top of is pronounced to be a copy of an strange 1418 Ming Dynasty Map, that potentially proves that in a 15th century, a Chinese were already exploring a shores of modern-day North America. This chronicle was copied in 1763 by artist Mo Yi-tong as well as was sold for $500. Read A Review of a Historical Importance of Oldest World Map by Gunnar Thompson, PhD for some-more information. atalhyk 6200 B.C. Babylonian Clay Map During a 1963 excavation in Ankara, Turkey, British archeologist James Mellaart unearth what is pronounced to be one of a be...
Keep reading

How meditation relates to happiness

Image
Meditation leads to mindfulness Studies point out how valuable meditating can be to overall well-being. PEOPLE HAVE BEEN meditating for thousands of years, but it seems only recently that its gaining credibility by the scientific community. The shame is that many wont even give things a second thought unless some researcher or scientist proves its benefits, choosing to ignore the wisdom of experience. An article at Forbes discusses research done that correlates meditation and happiness . First, a Harvard University study has shown that wandering minds are an attribute of unhappy people. 2250 volunteers (ages 18-88, from a wide range of socioeconomic backgrounds and occupations) were used in the study they were contacted at random intervals by the researchers and asked what they were currently doing and what they were actually thinking about. almost half of the time (46.9%) people were thinking about something else. They were then asked whether what they were thinking about ...
Keep reading

Notes on a shrike

Image
Photo: dobak Mary Sojourner cant leave the dead bird there to get flattened. I WALK NORTH in the Mojave. I listen to my friend on the cell phone. She tells me of her recent work with a healing process called EMDR. Im about to cross the two-lane highway. Something lies on the edge of the asphalt. I look. It is a dead bird gray and black and white. I pick it up. There is no mark on it, no blood or broken bone. I cant bear to think of it being flattened. The feathers are exquisitely soft against the palm of my right hand. I am walking to the Joshua Buddha and I know to carry the bird to the dead tree that looks like a gray seated Buddha. My friend begins to tell me the details of the second EMDR sessions. I realize I am not listening because I need to concentrate solely on carrying the bird to the Joshua Tree. I tell her I will call her back. At the tree, I tuck the bird in the broken space between the stump and a dead branch. He for I know somehow it is a he is just below what would b...
Keep reading