Twice a day, just before dawn and again at twilight, the bird known as the common swift performs a sort of miracle. It soars to heights of up to 6,000 feet in the atmosphere, spiraling so high it can forecast the weather. The swift then calibrates its position by the […]
Horror and hope are not usually two emotions I feel simultaneously, but this has been the strangest of months. I am brought to tears by the video showing the heinous killing of George Floyd. But I also find myself surprised and uplifted by the sight of millions of people throughout […]
After several weeks of obsessively reading coronavirus news, worrying about my family in New York, and lecturing my stubborn, 72-year-old father to take more precautions, my brain wants to shut down. My body aches to escape somewhere safe and beautiful and wild. Yet my beloved beaches and local parks […]
I’m always juggling a half-dozen story ideas around in my head. Recently, I’ve debated whether to start one written from the point of view of an animal – a bird who survives an apocalypse that kills off all human civilization. I pitched the short story to my kids (if you […]
What better way to wrap up 2019 than to review some of the speculative fiction/ sci-fi/ fantasy books I read this year? I’d recommend any of these as a gift. Circe by Madeline Miller Recommended for: Everyone, especially feminists. The writing is this book is gor-ge-ous. Since you’ve probably […]
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