I recently returned from a writing residency on the high desert of Central Oregon, a magical place couched between a ridge of low mountains and a dry—in the summer—lakebed. The buildings are situated near a pond with shade trees where all variety...
How Much Self Reliance is Necessary?
Despite having lived on the West Coast for decades, I remain a New Englander at my core. Born in Boston and raised in a small town only miles from Walden Pond, I was steeped in New England history and ideas. I read the work of writers like...