In a much quoted phrase, Rebecca Solnit said that: “Sense of place is the sixth sense, an internal compass and map made by memory and spatial perception together.” I tried to track down where Solnit said this, but (apparently) once … [Continue reading]
It’s a kind of truism for a democracy like ours: When we’re divided we fall. We’re not at that precipice, but it sure feels closer. In my feelings about how likely the danger really is today, I’m grateful to have traveled around this … [Continue reading]
(photo by Issac Quesade/Unsplash) Is having a child today—or a grandchild—an expression of fervent hope or an involuntary invitation that you're handing down to someone who's unable to refuse it? It’s a fair question, relating to what are … [Continue reading]
It’s hard when you’ve been through a difficult time (like we all have since the coronovirus landed), finally feel that you’re coming out of it, and then discover that the promised relief has suddenly been snatched away. That’s how the last three … [Continue reading]
This week, we’ve all seen the pictures of mothers with their children and old people fumbling in distress in Ukraine—to leave the bombing, to find refuge. Maybe because they cut so close to the bone and because we’ve seen so many similar … [Continue reading]
