In Praise of the Useless Zoom

Depression & conversation when time isn't on my side, your side, or the universe's

The purpose of play is play. Whatever else you may say about it, play is for exercise, for refreshment, for winning, for community. If play begins to serve an end beyond itself, it ceases to be play. Prayer is much the same thing.

• Brother Paul Quenon, In Praise of the Useless Life: A Monk’s Memoir

My friend June Thunderstorm and I once spent a half an hou…