Summer Blues: Liberty, Lies, and Lessons
5 min readAug 21, 2022
Living in Chapel Hill is a blessing. Despite the stifling heat wave, seemingly tropical afternoon rain storms, and the rise in coronavirus and monkey pox cases, life is good in the southern part of heaven. Screeecch! Let’s be clear — reality bites. There are matters that have “stopped me in my tracks” and made me wonder about our capacity and compassion as humans. Why so much unnecessary harm and death in this wealthy…