We are arriving at a time in our lives when some things matter a whole lot less and some things mean more. I have never craved the outdoors so keenly, felt so comforted by birdsong, so allergic to concrete and overwhelming traffic. So resistant to saying yes when I mean no. Two blocks on my street were entered in the Brooklyn Greenest Block competition.Sometimes,Often,ifwhen the day is asking too much of me, I reach for facts like this.
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