Yes, I can stand behind the verb ‘doing.’ Or ‘slow jogging.’ Or depending on who was on the course temporarily alongside me as they sped on their way, ‘fast walking.’ So sure, this guy is a bit aways from the days of sprint triathlon fitness (come back, those days!), but I was happy to finish [...]
You have to have at least one fall getaway, right? And while it doesn’t exactly qualify for the requisite, autumnal drive out to western Mass (still have plans for that one), how great to head first to Peterborough, New Hampshire for a long bike ride and then up north with friends for a bit of [...]
So it’s hard not to feel that immediacy of loss, even never having met the man. But still, I felt it on hearing the news–not just in consideration of the reach of all things Apple, but moreso for the narrative that suggested that through a certain form, finesse and simplicity, technology could change so much. [...]
That Mothering Afterschool Instinct
Scene from an 8th grade homeroom at the end of the school day, with only a few remaining students waiting to hear their bus numbers announced on the intercom. The female homeroom teacher, up until that point tidying up around the room, pausing to sit with one of her 8th graders who sat with her [...]