Magical Thinking
The night after the writer John Gregory Dunne died on December 30, 2003, his wife Joan Didion “needed to be …
Monthly Archives: May 2013
Day of Rest
My grandparents, both maternal and paternal, lived in Hodgdon, Aroostook County in Northern Maine where folks farmed 6-days a week …
Growth and Judgment
We stood in the entrance hall at Monticello, my friend and I, listening to the house guide. It had been …
Split Self
Several years ago, my mother gave me a t-shirt with a saying on it: When my gut says, “No,” my …
