In this week’s episode of The Middle Distance, Kathryn Eastburn writes to her late son Teddy for Mother’s Day.

In this episode of The Middle Distance, Kathryn Eastburn compares the horrors of newspaper headlines then and now.

In this episode of The Middle Distance, Kathryn Eastburn looks at the “mental health madness” facing young adults in America.

In this episode of The Middle Distance, Kathryn Eastburn tries to get herself back to the garden.

In this episode of The Middle Distance, Kathryn Eastburn pulls the curtain back on hospital room memories.

The Middle Distance 2.10.12: Phantom Valentines

I’ve been thinking about our phantom Valentines — not actual lovers who passed on to someone else or passed away, but the ones who thrilled us secretly, who we loved and never told, maybe never even touched, the ones whose lives we passed through briefly and [...]

In this episode of The Middle Distance, Kathryn Eastburn remembers a Greyhound journey through Middle America.

The Middle Distance 1.13.12: When I’m Gone

One day when I’m gone, someone — my daughter or one of my sons — will find the laundry baskets in the bedroom closet, overflowing with snapshots of our family.

The photos are stacked in criss-crossing patterns, each short pile representing the roll of film taken [...]

In this episode of The Middle Distance, Kathryn Eastburn looks back at the mixed bag of getting what you wish for.

In this episode of the Middle Distance, Kathryn Eastburn takes us on a holiday tour of the Nashville Parthenon, the Miracle Mile and the parking lot of the Colorado Springs Airport.

In this episode of The Middle Distance, we revisit Kathryn Eastburn’s Thanksgiving column from last year: “But Who Will Make The Broccoli-Pea Casserole?”