It’s been a long day
I-95 N. Leaving work early. Traffic has slowed to crawl at the notorious rush hour bottleneck at Exit 8 in Stamford, 10 minutes from home. There’s a towering billboard overhead shouting: Think Train....
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The basic instructions for beginning meditation are to sit quietly and concentrate on nothing but your breathing for five minutes. Simple enough, right? I can’t do it for ten seconds. I can turn down...
View ArticleDriving I-95 North. In March, with Summer Breeze.
Yesterday evening. 6:55 p.m. Still at the office. I shut down my PC, grab the loose papers from my desk and toss them into my brief case. I throw on my coat and step into the hallway. It’s quiet,...
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Everything is better in the quiet car. In the quiet car, everyone is calm. ~ Jenny Offill, Weather: A Novel (Knopf, February 11, 2020) Photo: Matthew Jones
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