Christmas
Little house, island of heat, sanctuary in the snow Darkened squares, windows of night, hinting at winter outside. Creamy walls, hanging with art, pictures of family past Heated lamp, gently aglow, bathing the living room gold. Fresh-cut spruce, scented with sap, presents collected beneath Steaming tea, seeping with mint, cooling in wait to be drank.…
Having Less Fun Doesn’t Help the Climate. Being Political Does.
It was late afternoon, and I’d barely moved all day. I’d planned to sail over the lush, livid tundra of New Zealand, to run far and fast without a pack. But it’d been a long month of stress, and a long week of travel, and a long day just before, hiking up from the lowlands. …
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You Have Power. There Is Hope.
The last months have been brutal. I’ve seen many injustices, but watching Israel create a famine on purpose hit me in a raw, visceral place. I remembered how much I’d eaten as a child, a high energy boy who liked running and stayed thin no matter what. I remembered how my parents had found my…