Tag Archives: Secret Garden

The Green Power of Imagining

In “Secret Garden,” healing begins with imagining a hopeful future. It’s a lesson for dealing with our environmental challenges.

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Anti-Vaxxers Ignore the Past

Anti-vaxxers should read 19th century novels, which describe high mortality rates

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Secret Garden, Hidden Soul

The secret garden in Burnett’s novel works as a metaphor for the soul.

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Secret Garden, Perfect Pandemic Reading

A “Paris Review” writer makes a great case that we should reread “Secret Garden” during the pandemic.

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Illness in 19th Century Lit

19th century literature is filled with images of illness. Reading it should make us grateful to the advances in medical science.

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2018’s Top Story: Parkland

Friday A top contender for 2018’s story of the year is the Parkland shooting and its aftermath, which includes the young people’s March for Our Lives. The story stands out because of the life-affirming response to a devastating tragedy. Here’s the post I wrote the Monday after the march. Reprinted from March 26, 2018 As I watched […]

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Children Leading the Way on Gun Control

The young people helping America rediscover decency concerning guns resemble Mary and Colin in “The Secret Garden.”

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Michael Jackson and Peter Pan

  “I am Peter Pan,” Michael Jackson reportedly once said, and of course he chose to name his ranch Neverland. In this second of my two posts marking Jackson’s death, I thought I would reflect upon why J. M. Barrie’s fictional creation meant so much to him. Peter Pan: The Boy Who Wouldn’t Grow Up […]

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