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A collection of 6 issues

Things That Are Worth Serious Study: Sei Shōnagon's Pillow Book

I started writing (maybe you could call it that) at a young age. I remember my first True Piece of Literature (you definitely couldn't call it that) was penned entirely in green highlighter and told the story of a young cardinal named Stanley who was green. Had I

A Whale of a (Bad) Time: The Tragedy of the Essex

Since leaving New England, I've missed the sea more than I would have expected. That sounds like a surly ship captain thing to say ("Me first love 'twas the sea!"), but in Massachusetts, we lived on a lovely little street with a beach cove at

Death of DeSoto: How Arkansas (Maybe) Took Out a Conquistador

Moving from New England back to Arkansas, where I went to college, was definitely a transition, but I have to say: spring here is something else. (Massachusetts fall will take the podium, but for now, the Natural State's nature is making my day.) For the most part, I&

Late Bloomers: Mary Delany and Creating Art at 72

Recently, my husband and I moved from New England back to where we first met, in Arkansas. We (naively, probably) thought the move would be pretty straightforward and even relieving. It's been difficult in ways I didn't really expect. What do I do with all this

Pepper the Pug and Her Royal Ancestry: How Pugs Went from Palaces to My Couch

My husband and I recently relocated from Boston back home to the South, which has given me two new things: a lot of time and a lot of space. Naturally, for some reason, I decided to purge those immediately. As I was "casually" browsing Petfinder one day, as

Ice Joys Amid Ice Sads: The Origins of the Ice Cream Cone

Those who live in the South know well: it has been one of those weeks where we've been warned of a climate apocalypse. Buy all the milk and bread in the store! Keep your faucets dripping! Park somewhere, I don't know where, but not where you