TWENTY SOMETHING There is an art and a science to slow living. This summer I’m trying to learn both. In music you can measure it. The tempo called largo — Italian for slow and broad — clocks in at 40 to 60 beats per minute. (Allegro, by contrast, doubles that pace, while presto races up […]
Christina Capecchi: How to accept criticism
TWENTY SOMETHING More than 19 million people tuned in to watch the final episode of “Game of Thrones” May 19, making it the most viewed show to ever air on HBO. Yet many were dissatisfied with what they saw, hurling gripe after grouse online. The finale didn’t fit the ethos of the show, they insisted. […]
Christina Capecchi: All the news that’s fit to print
Twenty Something “Wife Returned After Having Fine Funeral.” The headline of a 483-word story in the March 15, 1904, edition of The New York Times bore a sly nod to Tom Sawyer. A man named Ignacio Valente was charging the city with a funeral bill he had been wrongfully issued, according to the Times. It […]
Christina Capecchi: The ones who weave
Photo by Josh Appel on Unsplash TWENTY SOMETHING When David Brooks travels the country, he seeks out the good news. The bad news is all too easy to find. As a New York Times columnist writing about the social sciences, Brooks logs many miles for his reporting and speaking circuit. The 57-year-old father is keenly aware of the […]
Christina Capecchi: It’s OK to start 2019 with you
TWENTY SOMETHING I’ve always appreciated the notion of self-care in an Oprah Winfrey, hot-baths-and-expensive-chocolates kind of way. We work so hard, the thinking goes, that we deserve a break here and there. So splurge on that full-price gift-to-yourself. Book the massage. Binge on the new season. This philosophy is easy to get behind. But it […]
Christina Capecchi: This side of heaven
TWENTY SOMETHING It all started with a lost birth certificate. The Holy Spirit was at work that day and hasn’t slowed down since. My aunt Jan has always known she was adopted, and the many mysteries surrounding that reality had never haunted her. She raised her daughters near St. Paul, Minn., her husband’s hometown, and […]
Christina Capecchi: Pursuing less to live more
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Haley Stewart (@haleycarrots) TWENTY SOMETHING Haley Stewart stared at the publish button and froze. It’s nerve racking to announce big news, and this, in particular, had the potential to raise eyebrows. The title of the blog post stared back at her, boldface, unblinking: “When You Leave […]
Christina Capecchi: Breaking up with your phone
TWENTY SOMETHING Photo by rawpixel on Unsplash I’ve been emailing my friend Becky, a newspaper editor in South Dakota, about our growing desire to unplug. We used to compare notes on “Dancing With the Stars,” but lately we’re both watching less TV. “My eyes have started to reject going from screen to screen,” she emailed […]
Christina Capecchi: Flowers for Mary
TWENTY SOMETHING Janet Easter is experiencing Braxton Hicks contractions as she arranges a bouquet in her backyard, and she is unfazed. “I’m having contractions, which is hilarious,” she says, stripping the leaves off a hydrangea in one swift stroke. It’s 80 degrees on a Friday afternoon in a Pittsburgh suburb, and Janet is glowing, her […]
Christina Capecchi: Oh, Susanna! Power of baby names
TWENTY SOMETHING The big news from the Social Security Administration is the ousting of a champion: Liam has dethroned Noah as the nation’s most popular boy name. This was the headline of its newly released baby-name report, an annual synthesis of Social Security card applications from the past year that offers a fascinating cultural statement […]
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