Of Dragons and Queens

Of Dragons and Queens

I’ve been thinking a lot about sovereignty lately. Of the ways in which my drive to be free, to have authority over my own life, has shaped my choices over the past sixty-plus years. And of the ways in which this longing for sovereignty, for freedom, collides...

Best Friends

Today is my best friend’s 60th birthday (Happy Birthday, Judith!). She’s probably still asleep as I write this. I want to celebrate her birth day, celebrate her, celebrate our friendship. We’ve been friends for twenty years. We’ve seen each...