The kind of conversation right now that bothers me is not where to find toilet paper or how many people managed to escape NYC for the Hamptons, the Catskills, or Florida before the lock-down. The kind of conversation that bothers me is people speculating how long we’ll be sheltering in place. Assuming that it will …
We all respond in times of crisis differently. A woman I know is an infectious disease specialist. She has been called back from sabbatical early to take the lead for her hospital in preparing. Her husband, also a doctor, is treating people. Their daughter is home from Harvard, forced to evacuate with all her dorm …
One of our strengths as a species is our ability to adapt to new circumstances. Some of our adaptations are adjustments to our tools and environment - developing clothing that will keep us warmer, changing food preferences or building materials, altering the land to increase food production. Just as important is our ability to adapt …
Earlier this week, a company put my identity at risk. Someone – someone who wouldn’t usually do such a thing – made a dumb mistake, the kind of dumb mistake that we all risk making when we haven’t had enough coffee in the morning and are overworked: someone asks us for something and we reply …
One of my high school friends, reconnected after a long drifting apart, told me that his mother, when she finally let go of her senses, found a peace with life and a friendliness that she certainly never had when she was younger. It was as if, he said, she forgot to be that person that …
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