What city is complete without apple trees and honey? Sweet things for the sweet among us… Do hardened walls and concrete stalls serve life? Yes, momentarily…. enough to get some rest in the midst of clang and clatter.

My sister’s first mistake was to buy a house with her ex-husband. Her second was to buy that house, with a pool. We were raised on the coast—fished, swam and surfed. So sand crabs and jellyfish, sea urchins and sharks were just part of our…