Ways of Seeing
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Ways of Seeing: ‘Small worlds’ provide connection
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…
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Ways of Seeing: Students are on the right side of history
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…
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Ways of Seeing: Gatherings bring peace of mind
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…
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Ways of Seeing: Going backwards has its benefits
Middlebury used to be a place where you could get things fixed instead of buying new. It was a time before nearly everything came from chains or big…
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Ways of Seeing: Familiar routines provide solace
On a cold, grisly Saturday, my husband and I had the joy of attending Grandparent’s Day at the Quarry Hill School. The warmth, light and laughter inside the…
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Ways of Seeing: Stand up to power, don’t kneel
It is the big Christmas concert at my junior high school. A young soloist with a piano accompaniment is just finishing the first verse of “O Holy Night,”…
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Ways of Seeing: Learning from Holocaust survivors
Life is challenging right now. And I don’t mean just the price of eggs. Every day the news is filled with stories we never thought could happen outside…
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Ways of Seeing: ‘Active procrastination’ is good
While I was not writing this article that is due imminently, I carried out some research on procrastination to delay actually writing it. Turns out people have studied…
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Ways of Seeing: Practicing Kindness amidst Uncertainty
I implore you — my neighbors — to show up for each other in whatever way you can and to avoid judging others because they may not choose…
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Ways of Seeing: Being OK, even if confronting ‘all this’
With the threat of authoritarianism on the rise and daily news stories of one or another government agency being gutted by an unelected plutocrat, I am disturbed, but…