Tom Hart was, until recently, chairman of the English department at the Concord-Carlisle High School. “Great Meadows Gallery” is from his forthcoming book, First You Run, Then You Walk. He lives in Concord, Massachusetts with his wife.
Winter 2013
Great Meadows Gallery
Fairly recently retired, I find myself asked the standard questions: So what do you do with your time now that you’ve got so much of it? What explorations, what fresh directions do you find yourself taking now in this new flowering of the retired life? The sad essence, coming from non-retirees, is more or less this: how do you justify your existence?