I once read about a famous professor from Maine, who refused a prestigious invitation because it fell in the middle of blueberry season, and he never left home during those weeks. Though I can’t recall his name, I do admire this clarity. It’s blueberry season now in Massachusetts, and every day or two I wander […]
In this season of bounty and harvest and gratitude, I’ve been considering enough-ness, and how deep our fear of scarcity can run. Made a pie for Thanksgiving? Why not two or three? Earned an A-minus on an assignment? Why not an A-plus? Ran a marathon? Why not an ultra-marathon? Sometimes this kind of ambition is […]