Summer Solstice in the City

Weekend Reads v. 21.6.2025

Photo by yours truly. Apologies to Meghan who always has to wait for me to snap photos of signs and street corners.

I’m writing to you from a hotel in midtown Manhattan. It’s the kind of hotel that attracts tourists looking to buy a snow globe at Macy’s, take the elevator to the top of the Empire Center, and gaze up at the Statue of Liberty. It’s also th…