Burning Man apologies roundup

Burning Man apologies roundup

by | Aug 3, 2017 | Personal Apologies

It’s almost time. That time when a strangely-assorted group of people travel in their thousands to a flat dry dustpan to camp, build artworks, ignite spectacular flames, dance, give things to each other, and burn artworks down. And things too fierce to mention....
Raising a kid with low expectations

Raising a kid with low expectations

by | Jul 27, 2017 | Personal Apologies

Sometimes an apology fails rational criteria and yet manages to do the job. SorryWatch was reading Born to Run, Bruce Springsteen’s excellent autobiography, and came across such a case. As described in the book, Springsteen’s father was a hard man to grow...
Let whose dog is without sin cast the first stone

Let whose dog is without sin cast the first stone

by | Jun 6, 2017 | Personal Apologies

Cousins of Sorrywatch were new to rural Montana. Their neighbors had chickens, including a rackety rooster. One day the chicken owners came by and told my cousins that their dog – call her Nickel – had come over and killed 11 of their chickens. Horrified, my cousins...
But you’re my mother

But you’re my mother

by | Apr 26, 2017 | Personal Apologies

In Nadja Spiegelman’s memoir, I’m Supposed to Protect You from All This, she recounts a curious episode from her youth. (SorryWatch is focusing on apology here and will leave aside our admiration for the work of the writer’s parents, Françoise Mouly...

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