Disappearing Earth

A view from the top

Dear You,

Twice, I’ve felt the greatness of life simultaneously with its impermanence.

The first was a few years ago in South Africa. After a long day of travel from Cape Town south by car, preceded by a heartbreakingly challenging week, I sat in the back of an open-air Jeep and rode down a bumpy terrain at sunset — herds of zebras and gazelles running a…