Friends,
There is a lot to take in right now. From one day to the next, I’m never sure how to answer a perfectly ordinary question: how are you? If only we had “a word that means okay and not okay, a word that means devastated and stunned with joy,” to borrow a phrase from a favourite poet.
So, it should come as no surprise that the more complex questions are slowing us down. Questions invite us to stand back, if only briefly, before we push on. Atkinson has accepted and extended several invitations to pause and reflect in good company since the start of the year …
