Recently, I read about philosopher Albert Borgmann’s concept of “focal” things and practices. A focal thing is something that provides

I keep my eyes focused on a distant, imaginary point on the horizon, trying to trick my inner ear…

“He was an articulate witness to his times, even while making clear that he wished his times were different.”—Rebecca Pritchard

“My goal is to help people process their feelings so they can remain open-hearted and fully engaged in their lives…”

Disney worked with state government to send two fawns to Hollywood so Bambi animators could study their movements.

He’d talk about catching smelts as a child, back when the train came through Columbia Falls, and they’d pack the fish end-for-end in wooden boxes…

I know the island, named for its founder Daniel Gott. And I know the house because I have spent every summer of my adult life in it. But I do not know the story the shoe may tell

Giving thanks works

To the editor:

I really connected with Barbara Fernald's piece on “tacking toward the positives” in life (Cranberry Report, November issue).

Three of our boys, newly graduated, assume their customary drinking station on the stern.