In 532 CE, as historian Catherine Nixey describes in her new book, “The Darkening Age,” a sad gaggle of seven philosophers closed the door and turned out the lights of the Academy in Athens, Greece. … [Read more...]
A Wednesday Rant: Confession
A friend sent me a Mary Oliver poem I had never read before (thank you, Peter), and it made me ache. Truly, it was a craving in my bones. I loved it, as I do so many of her poems. It … [Read more...]