Sublime

The treats of childhood retain a special power. As a child, I was rarely allowed to drink soda or to buy a book instead of checking it out from the library. What do I do now, with abandon? Drink diet soda and buy books (the book-buying treat is wholly separate from the library-visiting treat). So perhaps we parents need to think hard about what we

Her life was small, and rich, and entirely hers.

(Kristin’s mom) at Elmo’s, and Paula sat us down at a

Fridays were always “girls’ nights,” and the mother and daughter spent the whole week discussing which movie they would rent from the Blockbuster store on the corner. They watched the film while wearing fuzzy robes and painting their nails. If Julia had a date on Saturday night, Mrs. Laven and Alice would order Chinese food and then play Chutes and

She’d called him after she’d landed in Minnesota. She’d never been on an airplane before, felt as brave as if she’d leapt across the face of the moon.

Communities are built, person by person, through thoughtful design and authentic, energetic connection points.

in the act of eating, one can strike that balance between fidelity to one’s own principles and shared friendship and respectful contact with others.