Rachel Laudan

Tea was important when I was growing up in England.  Nowhere more so than in my grandparent’s farm house.  You can see it in the photo above taken in very early spring, everything still dun brown and grey green. The village street and front garden are hidden by the curve of the hill.  The front [...]

When I was in high school, the principal issued a call to action.  If each of us would simply give up the the sweet roll (bun) that accompanied the mid-morning 1/3 pint of milk, we could do our bit to save the starving in Africa. My sister refused, the only girl in the school to [...]

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