Stuff to Feel Good About!

On a flight home the other weekend, I was reading my library copy of Poverty, by America. And one line came right off the page: "When we refuse to recognize what works, we risk swallowing the lie that nothing does." The unceasingly intense drumbeat of headlines, feeds, chyrons,

The grocery store was cheek to jowl. Lines of people with full carts, passing the time on their phones. I unloaded yogurt and hummus, red grapes, miles of cat food, overpriced cat litter (dogs, they say, have owners; cats have staff). My mind was already home, making lunch. The cashier