Summer Reading – Figuring and Silent Spring

I’m a big fan of Maria Popova’s blog, Brain Pickings, described by its author as “an inventory of cross-disciplinary interestingness, spanning art, science, design, history, philosophy, and more.” Popova is who I’d want to be in another life, even though she’s half my...
Wisdom Sits in Places

Wisdom Sits in Places

* All photos in this post are from Arizona ”In this convulsive age of uprooted populations and extensive diasporas, holding onto places – and sensing fully the goodness contained therein – has become increasingly difficult, and in years to come, I expect,...