Learning to Ride
If we are put here on earth to learn, what else in my life exhibits that process of putting the pieces together? Did I ever put together the pieces of the man/woman game? Abigail L. Rosenthal is Prof...
24 Jun 202211min
Imperfections
I always wanted to grow up to be a great lover, a famous saint or – if it could be arranged – both. Abigail L. Rosenthal is Professor Emerita of Philosophy, Brooklyn College of The City University o...
22 Jun 202210min
Healing
Life shakes us up frequently. If you wear a lot of armor, you won’t feel it as often as I do, but the seismic shake-ups have a way of breaking through any defenses we have.
17 Jun 20228min
Rest
Rest, as I’ve said before in these columns, is hard for me. I don’t know when it got to be so hard. It seems one of the downsides of growing up but, since I’m not in favor of growing up and have tried...
14 Jun 20228min
Dream Lessons
When I was a small child, I had a recurrent nightmare in which someone was attacking me. I needed to scream for help but couldn’t, because no sound came out. I would try and try to scream, but still n...
10 Jun 202210min
The Male Stare
The other day, a young woman walked for ten hours through the streets of New York while her associate, walking in front, managed somehow to film her pilgrimage. What did she find? About 100 instances ...
8 Jun 202211min
Gettysburg
It was only when we drew up alongside the sloping, green fields that I realized where we were. A cloud of suffering still wafts up from the terrain. You can sense the concert and collision of wills, t...
3 Jun 20227min
Blue Jeans
I may be wrong, but it’s my sincere belief that I was the first woman north of Greenwich Village to put on blue jeans for daily wear in Manhattan. At least, when I began the practice, it was not a com...
1 Jun 20227min
