A Horizon of Broken Stones

Some years ago, I spent two weeks at an Ayurvedic resort in the mountains near Pune, in Western India. The resort overlooked a clear blue lake, set like a jewel in a bowl of scrubby hills the color of deer-hide. The nearest town was a couple of hours drive away, along...
Bubble therapy

Bubble therapy

Bubbles. Remember how you felt the first time you blew bubbles? That iridescent magic! The power of making something so sparklingly gorgeous with your own breath, and a wave of your wand — and the startle-laugh as they go poof! Yes, bubbles! Big ones, little...