Looking through the Easter window
WHEN I WAS a boy in England, one of the most popular children’s television programs was Play School. Each episode featured a short documentary that kids…
A reluctant legionnaire
THE FIRST RULE of volunteering, I have learned, is to read the small print on the sign-up sheet. Otherwise you end up with stuff to do…
Keep. It. Short.
I HAVE FOUND it. The answer. To good writing. Finally. And it is so…Simple. For years I struggled. Striving to improve my craft. Sweating over structure.…
Up on the roof
ON MY DAILY walk with Woodley, our golden retriever, we pass nearby houses under construction. There, workers scramble around on the rooftops without an apparent care…
True kings do donkey work
IN HER superb book, Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking, Susan Cain notes how American society has gone from a…
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