An Unexpected Coming Together
I've had a crush on Amira for aeons; not only did I think she didn't know, I thought it was unreciprocated. I was wrong.
I was in Leeds where Rachel, a good friend of mine, arranges informal writing days for academics to get together and spend time on writing papers and books, away from email, knocks on the office door, and general administrative crap. It’s like an island of calm and creativity, respite from the endlessly choppy sea of incessant noise and petty tasks. I was there with Amira to try and make some progress on an article that s...