There are women who have tea sets and duvet covers and gingham sheets with throw pillows. They subscribe to Martha Stewart Living, bake religiously, and wear pearls. They have perfect children who make their beds and don’t talk back. They probably iron their...

Oak trees line the streets of London, branches heavy and green. Years of growing beneath the stone streets reveal roots protruding in nooks and crannies and sidewalks. I ran along the wharf in the early London fog with the oak trees swaying like semaphores cheering me...