BY MARIA POPOVA Half the beauty of life lies in its complexity in those experiences whose depth and dimension cannot be sliced, flattened, and contained into neat categories. Nowhere is that complexity greater, richer, nor more replete with nuance than in the emotional universe of human relationships, the most expansive of which defy and…
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Though I don’t claim the same sort of depression I suffered as a young person when I was fearful of ever finding a safe and nourishing place in the world for myself, I am sad. Stunned daily by so many cruel events, and in near continual mourning. But.
At age 92, grandfather Jim had elective surgery to “ream-out” his blood vessels from groin to ankle in the hopes of improving circulation and energy through increased blood flow. He