A Boat Against the Current

“The more specific you are about places and characters, the more universal the song becomes.”—Rosanne Cash, quoted in Geoffrey Himes, “...

For two straight days, in the city where he made one of his crucial pre-election speeches—the same metropolis that, three years later, ...

“Every room is a panic room if you're crippled by unrelenting anxiety.” — Stand-up comedian Alison Leiby quoted in “ Joke of the We...

I took this picture last week, with my back to the Hudson River, standing at the northern end of the High Line . The building rising on...

“The renewal of our natures is a work of great importance. It is not to be done in a day. We have not only a new house to build up, but...