The Last Word On Nothing

This week LWON reminds you of all the mundane, unimpressive, uncelebrated things that are nevertheless worth celebrating.

The advice of early mentors often has unexpected weight; we keep following it long after we’ve grown up and become mentors ourselves.  Helen’s first mentor in journalism, the excellent Joanne Silberner, gave her advice about the complex and subtle job of foreign correnspondence.  And that’s how Helen ended up with all those tea towels.

This first ran Jan. 14, 2016:  Memories in My Kitchen.

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Photo: liz west