I spent a good portion of this afternoon upgrading the website to version 2.5 of WordPress. Rather stressful, to say the least. I adore the simultaneous ease of use and enormous flexibility of this software, but upgrading is a tremendously frightful process in which you must delete primary function folders …
I don’t post too much about the fact that I live and work on the campus of a military college, but every now and then something strikes me as rather unique about this place. This morning, for instance, not long after I rolled out of bed to greet the stacks …
What a busy week! Last night I was the MC for the annual rendition of Patio Performances, in which three talented cadets read their creative writing under the shading oaks of the library courtyard. It is a pleasant 40 minutes, especially on a beautiful spring evening here in Charleston. The …
As first reported here (a michaellivingston.com exclusive!), a few weeks ago I gave a speech honoring the literary legacy of James Oliver Rigney, Jr, known to most of the world as Robert Jordan, on the occasion of his induction into the South Carolina Academy of Authors. It was a true …
There are many things not to like about Charleston (bugs, hurricanes, lizards crawling into one’s trousers), but there are many things that are wonderful. Like, for instance, springtime: