These essays are short as an acknowledgment that we are all burned out and don’t have enough time as it is, so I am just stealing a moment or two from you, whenever I am able to, in the same way I have been stealing moments away—stealing little breaks and stealing from little breaks—to write this. I don’t want to burden you or ask for much, and I hope you can visit these as you steal moments away for yourself whenever you can, and I hope they offer something to you, and I hope that’s enough, and I hope that’s all right.

