“The morning air was like a new dress. That made her feel the apron tied around her waist. She untied it and flung it on a low bush beside the road and walked on, picking flowers and making a bouquet…From now on until death she was going to have flower dust and springtime sprinkled over everything.”… Continue reading
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As the sharp, biting winds and dark days of November approach, I spend more and more time reading in the evenings. Considering that my shorter days are usually spent in front of a computer screen, manipulating Excel spreadsheets and organizing meetings for my job, print books have become more and more appealing.… Continue reading
It’s the week between the end of my academic career and the beginning of my new job. My prior sense of structure has dissolved; I’m left wandering aimlessly through summer afternoon after summer afternoon, relishing sunlit strolls and afternoon cups of peach tea while also fending off the urgent desire to do something more substantive.… Continue reading
