Our plans are small and somewhat absurd.

I considered her my ally, because, like me, she was imperfect.

From my earliest memory, times of crisis seemed to end up with women in the kitchen preparing food for men.

Your own family resemblances are a frustrating code, most easily read by those who know you least.

You don't think you'll live past it and you don't really. The person you were is gone. But the half of you that's still alive wakes up one day and takes over again.

Pain reaches the heart with electrical speed, but truth moves to the heart as slowly as a glacier.

If every U.S. citizen ate just one meal a week (any meal) composed of locally and organically raised meats and produce, we would reduce our country’s oil consumption by over 1.1 million barrels of oil every week. That's not gallons, but barrels. Small changes in buying habits can make big differences. Becoming a less energy-dependent nation may just need to start with a good breakfast.