Letter from the Publisher
What do you do when your 97-year-old father, while looking at antique figurines of Chinese soldiers on horseback, repeatedly insists that the stir-fry in front of him is horse meat and needs to be cleaned of poop? What do you do when he becomes agitated during a very animated conversation with the departed and insists […]
Letter from the Publisher: Winter/Spring 2026
My wife recently went mattress hunting and came back with a giggle. “Did you know,” she said, “there are now mattresses that can detect snoring?” When the mattress picks up the noise, it lifts the head section to stop the puffing and snorting. Technology both terrifies and intrigues me. Innovations are inevitable, as is our […]
Letter from the Publisher: Summer/Fall 2025
There’s something about a century that feels miraculous as a milestone, precious for both the history it contains and the future it opens. My grandmother, Goldie Weiss, lived past 100, but I wasn’t curious enough back then to explore her life with her or contemplate what it might invite for my future and that of […]