It’s too nice a day to be indoors…
Went for a walk along the Charles. Sail boats are out. Joggers are out. People with dogs and babies are out.
god and an orange
Yesterday morning on the way to work I was listening to a writer from New Hampshire talk about her family’s Passover Seder. She talked about the ways in which the tradition has changed in her family, like adding an orange to the Seder table in support of female Rabbis, as well as the ways in … Continue reading
zero-sum morality
We like to believe that right and wrong is a zero-sum game. The good and the deserving will be rewarded. Those who break the law will be appropriately punished. Of course anyone over the age of eight knows this is not really how the world works. Nonetheless we seem to be hardwired to believe that … Continue reading
suffocating in a vast goo of meaningless stimulation…
Saturday afternoon found me back in bed with my roommate’s unread Harper’s. “The Numbing of the American Mind” was the article that snagged me. Thomas de Zengotita is writing about our inability as a culture to feel anything genuine, to experience anything that is truly real, truly first-hand. He refers to Nietzsche’s use of the … Continue reading
Queen Bees and Wannabes
A couple days ago a friend sent me an article detailing new research into the way women deal with stress. Apparently the “fight or flight” response theory we hear so much about is the result of five decades of stress research conducted almost entirely on men. Research now finds that women have a somewhat different … Continue reading
I watch myself watching the world
I watch myself watching the world – riding on the subway, looking out of windows – and it occurs to me that photography is an analogy for life. My mother was a photographer – she still is, more or less – the way I am a writer, I suppose – whether or not she actively … Continue reading
Black and Sun 