My first car was a jaundice-yellow 1978 Buick LaSabre. It was a popular target for a pack of boys who drove around my hometown with paint guns. Because I rarely washed the thing, it accumulated pops of color — an orange spray on the left back door, blood red on the...
My favorite thing to do – and I’m being totally serious here – is to help high school seniors find the perfect topic for their college essays and then guide them through the process of writing it with honesty, voice, and style.