Naturally, the details of personal experience vary enormously, but theres a charming ideal of what a grandmother is that we can imagine or piece together from fragments of benign memories.
The Friend who Listens
Given how much we value friendship, its strange that we’re not so focused on one of its central pleasures: being listened to.
Birds & Quantum Mechanics
Of all the head scratching theories scientists have thought up over the years, few have caused as many headaches as quantum mechanics.
Victor Castanera
Viewing Victor Castanera’s portfolio, you might imagine you’re looking at the work of two different people: some items reflect the precise thinking of a skilled technician; others, the gentle hand of an artist.
Being Up Late at Night
Its very late; more conventional people have long ago turned in, but we have stayed up, to read, to think, to talk with a long forgotten person: ourselves.