Blessings of monotony
(From our archives, but which may help in these days of isolation. Editor) In the vast collection of literature that has been written throughout the history of mankind,... Read more.
True love
Each year between January and March, my family moves out into the wide world. Some of us go to college, others go to work, and the rest of us fall into the travel... Read more.
Truth and contradiction
Yesterday, my sister (who is no longer pregnant), my new nephew, my niece, my brother-in-law, and I went grocery shopping. This was my sister’s first post-baby... Read more.
Life is not a fairy tale.
When a person gets everything that she wants, when she has all the things that she thinks she needs, and life is being wonderfully kind; when there is nothing terrible... Read more.
How to fix a phone line
Running a phone line is, according to every tutorial on the internet, one of the simplest, most basic, and least dangerous wiring tasks that an amateur can attempt.... Read more.