What we call love in February Every February, we’re surrounded by sweetness. Red boxes. Pink wrappers. Candy hearts stamped with words like love, kiss, forever. We give it to our children, our partners, our friends. We put it in bowls at work and classrooms and call it celebration. And most…
There’s a reason miners used to bring a canary underground with them. It wasn’t sentimental. It was practical. The bird’s small body reacted faster to toxic air, giving a warning before the danger reached the grown men swinging pickaxes. Lately, I keep thinking about that image when I look at…
