A Room That Changed My Aperture
Last week, I walked into a building in Washington, D.C. I had never been in before, and I paused. The Milken Center for Advancing the American Dream has a ceiling that demands you tilt your head back and stare. Intricate coffered plasterwork, gold detail, and soft...
The Cost of Waiting
I play cards with a group of women. There’s a little food, a little wine, and a lot of laughter that gets louder as the evening goes on. When the group first started, the hostess shouted to her husband in the kitchen, with silliness in her voice, “The...
Changing Our Questions
Last week’s blog, Less Wrong Tomorrow, clearly struck a chord. The responses came quickly, and many were vulnerable and personal. One reader wrote about caring for her aging father: “We have so many decisions to make, but Dad seems paralyzed. We’re...
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