The Good News of Remembering, 3.18.2017
Yesterday I caught up with Liz Burkemper, home for spring break from her first year at George Washington University in Washington, D.C. Liz inspires me with her aspiration to simplify her life and take time…
Category: Good News
The Good News of Translation, 3.17.2017
Opera excepted, I never asked myself, in those early years of reading literature in translation, what I was missing. It was as if I felt it were my job, as a passionate reader, to see…
The Good News of Midwifery, 3.16.2017
Today my friend, nurse practitioner and midwife Becky Hassler brought a baby into this world–9 pounds, 10 ounces.
The Good News of Bach, 3.14.2017
Listening to the Concerto in D Minor for Two Violins, BWV 1043, performed by Anne-Sophie Mutter and Salvatore Accord (English Chamber Orchestra). Enjoy the first movement here.
The Good News, 3.7.2017
The Good News is the radiance, wit, resilience, and hard-won wisdom of Elizabeth Quiros, with whom I was reunited today at RISE. I wonder: how many Share the Wealth evenings can she animate? How many…
The Good News, 3.6.2017
The Good News is that Ashley Lieberman, a current student of mine, shared this Good News the first week of class: When she was 11 she was diagnosed with a grade 4 glioblastoma, the worst…