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I'm a little more than halfway through Shirley by Charlotte Brontë, and this week I got to a part where the narrator described the month of May 1812 in Yorkshire: The early part of that May, as we have seen, was fine, the middle was wet; but in the last week, at change of moon,… Continue reading Symmetry
BRONTË SEASON IS A THING! Daniel Lavery posted about the Brontës on May 6, just as I was getting cooking with Charlotte's Shirley. I started this audiobook on a long drive to a different org's Community Engagement Summit, while the wisteria bloomed feverishly. It peeked out of highway dividers, and hung down telephone cables. Spending… Continue reading Brontë Things
Eclipse 2024 Last week began with a total solar eclipse in the US, though we weren't in the path of totality ... and then clouds covered it at the big moment. Well, I can tell the light is diminished in these images, leading up to the moon covering the sun. The light is not quite… Continue reading Bodies: Celestial AND Human
This year was the second annual Bookends Day in Washington, D.C., where I (the oldest sibling) visit the youngest sibling of my family for a day of museums, good food, and other adventures. I love traveling through Philly: It's exactly two hours on Amtrak from Philadelphia to D.C. First stop: Union Market neighborhood for pupusas.… Continue reading D.C. Museums Make Excellent Connections
Here is the headstone of Dorothy Day, at Resurrection Cemetery in Staten Island, New York. Yesterday I sat and visited Dorothy with my dear friend, who I met during my first semester of college—20 years ago. The day felt blessed because straight away we spotted my favorite animal, sunbathing: I think about Dorothy all the… Continue reading Dorothy Day Tribute Weekend
Laura Eppinger 