The Next Big Thing
Somebody invent this right away Is it weird to be excited about a hearing aid? Of course, I’m way too young for such a thing. But my employee health benefits include coverage for a good chunk of the expense, and…
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I’d Like to Try That Again, Please
If only time allowed do-overs I’m a sucker for time travel stories Some of my favorite books play with time as though it were elastic — from Madeleine L’Engle’s enchanting A Wrinkle In Timeto Audrey Niffenegger’s poignant The Time Traveler’s Wifeto Octavia Butler’s…
The Ghosts of Christmas Past
A found poem Image by Oberholster Venita from Pixabay I’ve been thinking a lot about the changing shape of Christmas. No surprise there: this is a Christmas season like none other. This Christmas will be smaller, quieter, and much more contained, for reasons…
The Box at the Back of My Closet
And why it haunts me. My mother died at the age of 96. I think of her as having lived until 92 and then taking a long, leisurely approach to death. That autumn when she was 92, she had a…
When Can We Forget?
How long does the past live? The past is never dead. It’s not even past. — William Faulkner, Requiem for a Nun I came of age in the time of lava lamps and mood rings, sit-ins and tie-dye shirts when…