Opinion Essays - The Boston Globe

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Sports rivalry, or how I learned to accept my Sox-loving son

This rivalry, or any other, should never rise beyond friendly banter. 5:15 p.m.

The Stones have a new album coming out and the song that’s been released so far — “Angry” — is not just unmistakably Rolling Stones, it’s terrific Rolling Stones.

Columns

The Rolling Stones keep rolling on

They don’t just suspend time, they transport us baby boomers through it. 3:00 a.m.

The author with her parents on her wedding day in 1994.

Ideas

A daughter who couldn’t ask questions is now a mother who invites them

My family never talked about my father’s HIV diagnosis. My message to my kids today is: Ask me anything. 3:00 a.m.

The upper shelves at Bear Pond Books in Montpelier, Vt., were spared by the floodwaters that laid waste to downtown in July.

Ideas

After the Vermont flood

When the waters receded in Montpelier, there was unprecedented destruction — and cause for hope. 4:29 p.m.

Grace Jones performing in Stuttgart, Germany, this summer.

Ideas

I skipped synagogue for a Grace Jones concert and felt the power of Rosh Hashana

How a guilty pleasure turned into a spiritual connection. 9:31 a.m.

Bits from different cars accumulate curbside at the intersection as yellow traffic sticks stand ineffective sentry in the background.

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The crashes at the neighborhood corner

Once we’re sure everyone is OK and the police have been called, we stand on the corner and talk. If the accident is big enough, we call 911 before we come outside. Triage. 3:00 a.m.

The ruins of a manor house in Ceredigion, Wales.

Ideas

The little bits of presence we leave behind

Looking closely for clues about the enigmas of other people’s inner worlds. 12:01 p.m.

My husband and I are in Florida for a week, dismantling his mother’s place. She loved stuff, and there’s a lot of it here. And we’re looking at and handling and making decisions about each individual item.

Columns

What do we do with it now?

There’s a school of thought now that people should deal with their own stuff before they die. 3:00 a.m.