The Sill of the World

This covers the week of 3/28/21 - 4/3/21. foe In her isolation, she has unraveled. She flails at imagined terrors, as they press in on her f...

This covers the week of 2/28/21 - 3/6/21. compulsions We're caught in traps of compulsive behavior – web surfing, phone scrolling, scree...

This covers the week of 1/31/21 - 2/6/21. complaints As the elevators fail to come for 15, then 20 minutes, I speak to a neighbor from down ...

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 12/6/20 - 12/12/20. anemic It's a major shopping avenue, and on normal years it would be teeming with people and...

This covers the week of 9/20/20 - 9/26/20. edges A river to the right and bikes to the left, skimming close to my elbow. heartening We find ...

This covers the week of 8/30/20 - 9/5/20. gladden Some dogs are patient joy-bringers. This one, a senior golden retriever, swishes its tail ...

This covers the week of 8/23/20 - 8/29/20. derange The man moves like a jumping electric wire. He's tormented to the roots of himself. S...

This covers the week of 8/16/20 - 8/22/20. adviser Two young men are having a conversation on a stoop. "To be honest," one of them...

This covers the week of 8/9/20 - 8/15/20. beware The moment has arrived: We're getting pizza from a restaurant. A milestone during a yea...

This covers the week of 8/2/20 - 8/8/20. anuran I love looking at photos of her holding a frog. I wonder if, like me, she'll have a terr...

This covers the week of 7/26/20 - 8/1/20. ballooned Before the fast begins, my stomach feels like a water balloon. evasion Social distancing...

This covers the week of 7/12/20 - 7/18/20. barbering The barber works outdoors on a path by the lake. At his station: a chair, a radio, a ca...

This covers the week of 7/5/20 - 7/11/20. highbrow A 12-year-old Samoyed dog is getting groomed in the park by his owner, who has brought al...

This covers the week of 6/28/20 - 7/4/20. competitiveness These days, I'm playing more Scrabble than I have in years. In one game, my op...

This covers the week of 5/10/20 - 5/16/20. aquatic A delightful amount of turtles in one pond. They cluster around a wooden dock. Another po...

This covers the week of 4/26/20 - 5/2/20. beset Pulses of weariness and despair. breaks Two brisk walks in one day. Lots of screen time in b...

This covers the week of 3/15/20 - 3/21/20. forage They trawl through several stores, buying bottles of water where they can. hurrying Her se...

environmental By the salty, polluted river, the grass is long and glossy. Purple flowers and soda cans nestle in it. forum Worries are b...

cacophonous We sit across from each other in a tiny office. Construction noise shatters our conversation. fountain The water in the foun...