by Elaine Harrah | I dreaded the arrival of June 1st and longed for the beginning of August, when I would be busy with a new school year learning new things.

Stillness is a thing which it seems harder and harder to find. The constant barrage of information that comes to us now is seemingly more confusing than ever. Years ago, I remember seeing pictures of Times Square, with its multiple electronic screens flashing messages to passersby, and I thought it would be a rather disorienting place to be.