I have recently been watching home videos of my son when he was a year and a half. In one scene he is inspecting a cheese grater composed of several parts. He winds the handle, trying to figure out what it is and how he might use it. He invests...
When Life Narrows
A moment stands out to me from my early forties, possibly my late thirties. I had just gotten pictures back from development—it was pre-digital days—and I was sorting through them to decide which to put in our album. My husband pointed to one he...