The Sill of the World

This covers the week of 2/14/21 - 2/20/21. ache We used to sit in this room with its floor-to-ceiling bookshelves and the lamplight on the r...

This covers the week of 1/24/21 - 1/30/21. crumbs Instead of buying a pandemic puppy, she has gone outdoors more frequently to feed pigeons,...

This covers the week of 12/27/20 - 1/2/21. advisory As New Year's Day approaches, Duolingo is telling me something: "Fais plus de s...

This covers the week of 10/11/20 - 10/17/20. discoursing I like how these three female figures from history are posed – around a table in a ...

This covers the week of 9/13/20 - 9/19/20. analyses We get into a deep conversation about writing, and I savor it, because we rarely speak t...

This covers the week of 5/31/20 - 6/6/20. boarded Many stores are getting boarded up, including a book store. The displays of books disappea...

This covers the week of 2/2/20 - 2/8/20. cheerful A girl riding on her dad's shoulders raises her pink mittens to a drizzly sky. crunchy...

This covers the week of 12/29/19 - 1/4/20. aglow Eight candles glowing. Rivulets of colorful wax. deeper She doesn't stop at fixin...

This covers the week of 11/17/19 - 11/23/19. benumbed Three cops in the lobby of a small health clinic, boredom heavy in their eyes and t...

This covers the week of 11/10/19 - 11/16/19. advice "Just try to be a good person," he says to the group. "Don't compa...

This covers the week of 10/20/19 - 10/26/19. campus Her campus is embedded into a hillside. She leads us up and down flights of stairs an...

This covers the week of 10/13/19 - 10/19/19. fittingly Her cooked vegetables are in autumn colors: moist purples, tender shades of orange...

cozying When she speaks in English, her tone changes. It makes me think of confidential chats over coffee. It's a voice that invites yo...

capoeira On a traffic island, as we wait for the light to change, she demonstrates capoeira moves, fight-dancing at a post. capotain It ...

betrayal More schools handing out high grades based on low standards. They lull students into a complacency that's shattered by failed ...

bared It's a bleak, grand landscape of bare earth and massive rocks. dulled The bookstore is underwhelming, basically a shrunken Bar...

catnap As his wife and kids explore the plaza, a man dozes on a ledge with his feet in an empty stroller. chatter The kids, small and ro...

corporate She prefers working for a smaller company. The larger corporations demand too much conformity. doe-eyed The room has deep red ...

appeasing The small box of chocolates is a gift of appeasement, and I'm pleased to be appeased at this moment. bite-sized It's i...

aquatics They've booked a room next to an indoor swimming pool. During each pause in the lecture, we hear splashing and giggles. biza...