Caroline J. Simon

Caroline J. Simon is author of several books, including The Disciplined Heart: Love, Destiny and Imagination, as well as many articles and essays on philosophical topics, including ethics and friendship. She is a recent transplant from the Pacific Northwest to the South and considers herself a recovering academic.

Caroline J. Simon

Dorothy Day Might Have Liked My Brother

My brother Bill’s standard response to my “How are you doing?” was a bitter, “Oh, you know, living the dream.” Years ago, he’d owned a Texaco gas station. Then a freeway upgrade closed the offramp to his station, putting him into bankruptcy and back to working for others. Bill spent the last twelve years of […]