Tara’s Take, the newsletter formerly known as a blog, arrives in subscribers’ inboxes on Tuesdays. Subscribe here. Tara’s Take features my thoughts on culture, entertainment, daily life, and more.
Links to a sampling of some of my favorite pieces are below. My writing has been published in The Philadelphia Inquirer, Bucks County Courier Times, Broad Street Review, Delaware Today, Main Line Today, Delaware Beach Life, Delaware Bride, The Daily Iberian, and more.
Essays
‘Mark Your Calendar’ for nostalgia’s haymaker
Leonard Nimoy: An Appreciation
When there’s a 30 percent chance of a Hail Mary
Features
Portraits of African-American mothers and sons declare ‘My Son Matters’
NAACP award winner gets its Philly stage premiere
Miscellaneous
New Iberia memories are best gift of all
Overcome the shy writer within
“Rust Cohle said that time is a flat circle — we’ll do the same things over and over. I hope that’s not true because I never want to watch season 2 again...”
By Tara Lynn Johnson, BroadStreetReview.com, August 2015