Impermanent Residence
Home is where?
Rice Pudding
Pandemic connections that will last.
Bringing up the Dead
“We’d entered without a map.”
Shot of Confidence
The roots of vaccine hesitancy among Blacks.
My Losing Seasons
Ski report from a Brooklyn bathroom.
Up the Creek, and Back
“Rowing saved me.”
Swipeout
Dating lessons from the pandemic.
In Memoriae
Storing up memories against loss.
American Window
Images from an “endlessly complex country.”
Point, Counterpoint
Debate can improve education and save democracy.
Eleven Hours
Looking at America from 11 hours ahead.
Bulls and Bears
“Oy vey, it’s Groundhog Day.”
Discomfort Zone
A living lesson in multiculturalism.
Against “Community”
Community is more than a place.
Home Stretch
Still life with pandemic.
Into the Mist
“To walk through layers of enchantment and legend.”
Flex Time
Heavy lifting.
Traces
“It is the 42nd day of quarantine.”
Welcome to Year Zero
New doctor, new disease, new parent.
Goodbye to All That
A reluctant—and roundabout—return from Antarctica.
Identity, Revised
“Recreational” DNA tests can have profound impacts.
Impatient Hope
“Anything was possible, because no one knew.”
Those Woodstock Summers
Looking back to where it all began.
I Quit
In praise of letting go, moving on.