The first thing you need to do right now is read Ann’s meditation on vulnerability. She has stitched together three disparate parts of the world no one else would put together, and created something that will make you hate people, love them again, and finally remember that we are all on a different part of our trajectory.
Rose is pissed off about the World Cup, not just about the way the US team kicked themselves out of it, but also because it kicks off the world cup of thoughtless announcer quips that are just a little bit racist! You too can play along with the inevitable using her custom bingo card.
Craig has an intriguing visitor, someone who remembers what it was like in the west before the roads were paved. They share stories of road trips with their fathers and now with their children.
Sarah went to an island off the coast of Alaska expecting to count the rising bird population. Instead she sat watch with a heavy heart as nest after nest failed.
Christie finished out the week with an elegy for the dying print newspaper, whose functions are less easily replaced online than you think they are. The knowledge and perspective implicit in editorial decisions to place some stories up front and others in the back, for example. But mostly she is nostalgic for their anchoring us all to a shared reality.