I’ve felt quite moved by the publication of a piece of creative non-fiction—”Tornado,” powerfully and eloquently written by my niece Feagin Jones, in “Hippocampus Magazine.” Among other things, the piece—which could be termed a personal essay or a brief memoir—focuses, directly and indirectly, on my sister’s—Feagin’s mother’s—tragic early death and some of its possible harbingers.

I plan to write more about this next week. Meanwhile, I hope you’ll read “Tornado.”