Quickening: Finding Those Living Moments
I’m always reading, always have a novel to settle down with at the end of the day, though my current
I’m always reading, always have a novel to settle down with at the end of the day, though my current
In past years, if I sat down to write novels about people connected to one another in various ways; if
BEING MORTAL And that is what Gawande emphasizes in this book: choice. The cases he relates are all about
When I was in grade school, I wrote a story about an avalanche. What did I know about that frightening
This post recalls an experience many of us have had. And lately, when I fly, I never get a window
Dear Readers: some of you have seen this piece, as it was posted last week…but most of you have NOT,
You might have read Annie Dillard’s work: An American Childhood; Teaching a Stone to Talk. I admit that I haven’t