I’ve been thinking a lot about wealth lately. Not figurative wealth. You can’t deposit healthy bodies or loving family structures into a checking account. I mean actual bottom-line figures. In particular, I’ve been examining my own attitude toward money, especially its connection to my position of privilege. My parents, who…

Outside a small rustic cabin in Dartmouth, of all places, is where I first learned of the immortal jellyfish. “What do you mean they never die?” I asked yesterday afternoon as I pulled my paddle through the choppy sea waves. …