Author Archives: Theodora Goss

I’m too tired to write this blog post. Last week I tried to do all the things — all the administrative things I need to do at the beginning of a university semester. I still have a lot to get … Continue reading →

I saw her on the airplane from Budapest to London. I saw her first from the back, and I thought she must be a girl, around fifteen or sixteen, because she was so small and slender. She walked like a … Continue reading →

Seven weeks is a long time to spend somewhere. It’s not a vacation, and anyway I wasn’t vacationing in London. I was there to work. Specifically, I was there to teach in the Boston University College of General Studies summer … Continue reading →

I discovered the secret to feeling rich during the pandemic. Do you remember the Great Toilet-Paper Shortage? When the supply lines failed, and suddenly there was not enough toilet paper, and we were all going to different stores on heroic … Continue reading →

“What’s wrong with you?” That’s the question I’ve been asking myself for a while now. I’ve been tired, really deeply tired. I’ve done the work I’ve needed to, but almost none of my own work — it’s been ages since … Continue reading →

There is a story I remember, although I don’t remember where I read it. It’s about the president of a small New England college, in New Hampshire or Maine or Vermont, one of those northern states. He wanted to renovate … Continue reading →

I should warn you in advance: this blog post will be a little depressing. Its title comes from a Facebook post I saw a few months ago, in which a Facebook friend, although someone I don’t know personally, posted about … Continue reading →