The last time I went to Davis, I discovered a brand-new Boston Sports Club on top of a brand-new CVS and it felt apocalyptic. That’s not my Davis Square. That said, I’ve had the Davis Square Midnight Madness event on my calendar for weeks. Besides fantastic sales at three of [...]
Madeleine L’Engle is dead.
Madeleine L’Engle is dead.
A Wrinkle in Time (and its sequels, A Wind in the Door and A Swiftly Tilting Planet) featured the first fictional protagonist I found who I wholly identified with: the bespectacled, brave, brilliant, mousy-haired Meg Murry. Meg made smart cool.
Normalization of Worldwide Standard of Beauty
Normalization of Worldwide Standard of Beauty
Discuss. Luis Acosta/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images (in today’s New York Times)
When Opportunity Knocks, it Sometimes Gets Pushy.
When Opportunity Knocks, it Sometimes Gets Pushy.
I had a spectacular time at Patrick’s wedding last weekend. The weather in Maryland was beautiful (very hot!), and it was wonderful to see friends who moved away from Boston years ago, all in one place, all celebrating two people so dear to us. I also had a chance to get to know some friends better, and to meet some great kids who I hadn’t crossed paths with yet in Boston.
