September 3, 2011
Gravity’s Lightest Burden
There is a specific weight to childhood that has nothing to do with the earth. It is a buoyancy, a refusal to...
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Reflections
September 3, 2011
The Hum of the Current
The smell of crushed marigolds and damp pavement always brings me back to the crowded markets of my childhood. It is a...
September 2, 2011
The Architecture of Joy
In the study of physiology, we are taught that a smile is merely a mechanical event—a contraction of the zygomaticus major, a...