Ten years after a terrible loss, a digital smile yields a moment of graceJanuary 28, 2022Jan 28, 2022Jan 28, 2022
After 41 years, a task completed yields a sense of reconnectionOur guide squinted, trying to make out the names scrawled on the diagram she held as we followed her across the grassy expanse of Seaside…Nov 16, 2021Nov 16, 2021
The promise, and the mystery, of Christmas in quarantineOnce upon a time it was childish excitement, rather than grown-up anxiety, that kept me awake on the nights leading to December 25. I was…Dec 24, 20201Dec 24, 20201
Norman: A belated elegyAs a warm spring gave way to a hot summer in 1977, the bodies of two 23-year-old men — one Latino, one Black — were fished from the muddy…Sep 3, 2020Sep 3, 2020
Two jackets. Two journeys.I clipped the leash to the dog’s harness and followed her to the door before remembering that it was a cool evening. Teeny, a 4-pound…May 27, 20201May 27, 20201
Life in limbo, then and nowIn the wee hours of a winter morning in 1997, I lay on my living room sofa, not sleeping. I had moved from the bed I shared with my wife…May 7, 2020May 7, 2020
A love letter to journalists covering the coronavirusFive months after retiring from daily journalism, I’m sitting on the sidelines as my former colleagues hurl themselves into the story of a…Apr 1, 20201Apr 1, 20201
A deadly virus has me in its sights. I’m trying to duck.Day after day of solitude leads the mind in strange directions. As I prepared for bed the other night, it struck me that a public health…Mar 23, 20201Mar 23, 20201
A dream. A disagreement. A death.I steered the car along a winding country road that gradually became narrower and more rutted. Beside me sat an older man, a tall fellow…Feb 18, 2020Feb 18, 2020
Lacing up the Silver SneakersI stood behind a straight-back chair, my arms hanging loosely at my sides. I wore gray sweatpants, a black T-shirt and well-worn Nikes…Feb 3, 2020Feb 3, 2020
