“We are a storytelling species, every bit as much as a tool-using one,” writes the author of The English Professor Who Foresaw Modern Neuroscience.   I agree. As a teacher, I would tell my students, “If you want to see how your mind works, write something.”  Composition exp

This morning, I opened my email to find a note from a long-time friend.  It said she and her husband of 50 years, both vaccinated against Covid-19,  were headed for a weekend resort to join former college chums.  Her words seemed to leap from the page as she expressed her anticipat