“We aren’t rebelling against a ruling colonizer, as Hamilton and his compatriots were, but it does feel that we are once again fighting; trying to figure out who we are and who we want to be as a country.”
“ChatGPT…synthesize[s] information that already exists in our system and thus it simply reproduces systemic biases.”
“Defending our democracy will require courage. And time. And commitment.”
“When we are brave enough to be a little messy in public, other people benefit.”
Growing up in Vermont has given this Bristol girl a rich appreciation of the natural world. Her strong desire to help preserve nature and stop climate change is inspiring.
When I water the flowers on my deck, I am thinking how beautiful the colors are. Or maybe how hot the day has been. My goal is to keep the flowers alive so my guests and I can enjoy them.
Reviewing the history of the dress that my mother made, I realized the perils of taking our rights and freedoms for granted.
The warming of our world didn’t seem so bad when it meant I could actually get ripe tomatoes before the first frost. Now it’s clear it means much more. It means ticks, flash flooding, landslides
Now that I have dragged you into a sphere of angst, let me tell you something else. Right now, I am experiencing the most delicious and enchanting of summers.
I’m bored. This constant refrain during the long unstructured summer vacations of my youth has somehow turned into a phrase people will do anything to avoid.
Most mornings, I step out the back door to check the weather, coffee mug in hand. Inevitably something in my garden beds cannot be left another minute.
In a dimly lit theater in Scotland, a liquid female voice, piped through the intercom, says: “Please keep your cell phone on at all times, so we can track you at any moment.”
Shortly after landing my first teaching job, I viewed an exhibit of “Planets” by glass artist Josh Simpson. Each piece was a globe infused with a world of organic forms.
I challenge anyone to come up with a widespread student movement that was not proved morally correct over time, even if it was vilified by college administrations and the news media while it was happening.
I’d spent far too many hours scrolling through news items, podcasts, emails, and other missives that had at bottom the same message: This country is in trouble. I don’t disagree.
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