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- Postal diplomacy
I joined half a million others in a reassuring grass-roots endeavor.
- Meanwhile... how Sicily is showcasing refugees' cultures and art
In the tiny rural town of Sutera, locals now host a 'festival of hospitality' each August, which allows recent arrivals from Africa and the Middle East to showcase their cuisines and to entertain visitors (who come from all over Sicily) with their music and dance.
- The castles of my imagination
The fortresses were built to project power, but they intrigue me for vastly different reasons.
- Of moose and man
An early test of our vows to stick by each other arrived in Canada’s wilds.
- Ballistics: What goes up must come down
Is there something about “ballistic” that makes a missile even more dangerous?
- Why every writer needs a tree
Mine is just outside my window. Without it, I’d be forced to stare into a blank computer screen instead.
- The ‘this’ in ‘I can do this’ keeps evolving
Parenthood is constantly revising what I think I’m capable of.
- How I became a reader of books
My parents encouraged me in ways I didn’t realize until much later.
- Charlottesville, through a graduate's eyes
A former University of Virginia student reflects on the complicated racial history of her alma mater.
- Unexpectedly cleansed
I was pointed feet-first toward the doorless doorway on a marble slab, completely naked.
- A garden that only a human could love
Out West, hungry critters abound, and our plants are their would-be banquets.
- Why I’m totally into totality
Later this month, the path of a total solar eclipse will pass from Oregon to South Carolina.
- What I saw, and what she knows
Until you’ve actually taken pictures in a place, you don’t know how people will respond.
- Why he’s ‘Ben,’ not ‘Odysseus’
In naming draft animals, brevity can circumvent catastrophe.
- The press of gratitude
I’ve loved ironing ever since childhood. Now I understand why.
- We waited, and it was worth it
Today we can get almost anything, anytime. So why do we need it faster?
- The bazaar of last resort
Someone out there will buy almost anything on Ebay. And for me that’s good news.
- My debt to ‘Sea Hunt,’ and to my dad
Lloyd Bridges starred as a scuba diver, submerging us in life under the sea.
- Breakfasts that nourished my dreams
My father and I would talk about the world, the theater, New York.
- Then it struck me, and not very gently
What kind of parent builds a nest on the ground – and then takes on all comers?