We often use technology to save time, but increasingly, it either takes the saved time along with it, or makes the saved time less present, intimate and rich. I worry that the closer the world gets to our fingertips, the further it gets from our hearts.

I wanted to protect him, which I was sure I could do, even if I could not protect myself.

If it weren't my life, I wouldn't have believed it.

I would have done anything for him. Maybe that was my sickness.

Grandfather informs me that is not possible.

Succotash my cocker spaniel, you fudging crevasse-hole dipshiitake!

As I've grown older, I've grown more convinced there's nothing that shouldn't be talked about. If we think we're protecting each other, we're not.