ImageCredit…Illustration by Larry Buchanan/The New York Times By Heather Havrilesky Sure, my prairie is a driveway, but the mind must travel. May 18, 2020 Yesterday, my husband found a large baby bird in our yard. It was the size of a cantaloupe and had gray wings with tendrils of yellow fuzz sticking out of them.…
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ImageCredit…Illustration by Eden Weingart By Sarah Miller I knew I would hate ‘The Princess Bride.’ What a delight to confirm not just my hunch, but that I know myself so well. May 18, 2020 “The Princess Bride” debuted on my 18th birthday — Sept. 25, 1987 — but did not find its way onto my…
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ImageCredit…Illustration by Kaisha Murzamadiyeva/The New York Times It’s a great day for the race. The human race. At a contemplative pace. May 18, 2020 We were knee-deep in quarantine and the television was on. “Andrew Cuomo is talking about running!” I shrieked excitedly to my husband. “Running for president?” No. Known for his enjoyment of…
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ImageCredit…Illustration by Jason Fujikuni/The New York Times By Alex Williams Sure, the journey is the destination and all that. But to me, it’s more about the gamble. May 18, 2020 I’m not so unusual: I have Google calendar to remind me where I’m supposed to be at any given hour of any given day, Google…
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ImageCredit…Illustration by Jonathan Corum/The New York Times and Shannon Lin/The New York Times You’ll have to trust me. It’s more thrilling than it sounds. May 18, 2020 One night, after making this terrifically simple Melissa Clark ginger-scallion chicken dish for dinner, I eyed the leftover hairy scallion butts, laying discarded near the cutting board. On…
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ImageCredit…Illustration by Gray Beltran/The New York Times and Tanner Curtis/The New York Times Like Frankenstein’s creature, they trail us across time and terra. Let’s set ourselves free. May 18, 2020 “I wear the chain I forged in life,” the ghost of Jacob Marley once complained to a former co-worker. “I made it link by link,…
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ImageCredit…Illustration by Aliza Aufrichtig/The New York Times and Rumsey Taylor/The New York Times By Lesley M. M. Blume Why Super Mario Bros. brought me to tears. May 18, 2020 One evening, a few weeks ago, at 8 p.m., my husband and I put our young daughter to bed as usual. At 8:01 p.m., I was…
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ImageCredit…Illustrations by Tom JollyThe New York Times and Tom Bodkin/The New York Times By Max Read May 18, 2020 I’m not, traditionally, a breakfast person. I can house a fry-up, but only when the occasion calls for it — say, hypothetically, an extra drink or six the night before — and, sure, I’ll dip into…
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ImageCredit…Illustration by Rebecca Lieberman/The New York Times By Brian Keith Jackson Scrolling through my Instagram search page is hope for the future, an opportunity to step outside of my isolation, or at least outside the house. May 18, 2020 I’m in Dakar, Senegal. I haven’t left the house since Feb. 27. The airport isn’t expected…
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ImageCredit…Illustration by Shane O’Neill/The New York Times and Adriana Ramic/The New York Times By Aminatou Sow Some people are raising little sourdough bread children. I am learning photography. Learning is learning. May 18, 2020 In a memorable episode of “30 Rock,” Tracy Jordan says: “I’m just going through the classic stages of grief: fear, denial,…
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