I miss Hilary Mantel already. And I think: it is already later than we think. Today I’d…
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Swimming in rough seas, it can be hard to find the shore. You swim as hard as…
“It was a couple of springs ago. I was driving into New York City from New Jersey…
This Sunday finds me in Atlanta helping a daughter move into a new apartment. Unpacking yesterday, she…
What do you yearn for? Here’s a little poem by Louise Glück that made me think twice……
I’ve realized, lately, that I live as if suffering is a shocking and insulting surprise. How foolish!…