Hope for Charlotte
Plus another MLK Month observation, a hijacked plane scenario, Buddy Rich and Cowboy Junkies
I don’t remember how old I was when I first read Charlotte’s Web, which I am presently rereading with my youngest.
It is one of the earliest novels I remember in my life, maybe the first. And I am sure it marked me as strongly as it did because one of its major themes—indeed, the central one—is death.
As someone with the same nervousness regarding other …