Seasoned Earth visitors have much to teach us younger folks. A few years ago, I went to a relative’s wake. After expressing my sympathies to the family and catching up with some cousins, I took a seat next to an older gentleman with thick eyeglasse...

I enjoy writing essays because they force me to reveal my vulnerable side not only to the reader, but also to myself. Back in my late teens and twenties, I often felt trapped behind a locked emotional door. I’d bang, bang, bang on that little windo...

Do you ever go outside at night to look up at the stars? I try to go out around 10 or 11 pm when the traffic buzzing by my suburban home dies down. Feels more like a private experience that way. Some nights it’s too cloudy t...