What Time Is It?

A history of the world in one year

Trade Winds

I thought tenure meant I could retire with the team that drafted me

A picture of the moon

Ten Sights (I Wish I’d Seen)

Purple ocean’s majesty, the dodo, and other wonderful things

How to Be a Big-League Critic

Helpful hints from a professional

Literary Information Derived From Privileged Writers

Did they know how good they had it?

Made for You and Me

This land has contained our best and worst impulses

Her Too

A daughter calculates the cost of her mother’s electrical career

One April Day

A death, a book, an art show, and a promise of magnolia blossoms

Haste Makes Waste

Which figures of speech will survive, and which will vanish?

Against Wind and Tide

On the Asturian coast of Spain, cold days and a warm greeting

Verde

Learning a foreign language isn’t just about improving cognitive function—it can teach us to sense the world anew

In the Endless Arctic Light
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A journey to the far north of Norway means confronting our changing climate

The Wonder of It All
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In search of awe

Tobi Gaulke/Flickr

Words Matter
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An opera can succeed only if libretto and score are in concert

Vital Signs
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What happened when my husband became a paramedic

The Patron Subjects

Who were the Wertheimers, the family that sat for a dozen of John Singer Sargent’s paintings?

A Giant of a Man

The legacy of Willie Mays and the Birmingham ballpark where he first made his mark

Adventures With Jean

Striking up a friendship with an older writer meant accepting the risk of getting hurt

Feels Like Coming Home
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The wonders of the coastal redwood

Free
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The knowledge of approaching death may allow some of us to experience time in new and liberating ways

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