In 2023, I’m getting really into roller skating. This hobby is not, as any acquaintance of mine would tell you, an obvious fit. But as a New Year’s resolution, the quest to get better at roller skating is also an attempt to reorient myself. Skating is analog – there is no leader board, no Peloton instructor barking at me from across the room. My purple boots turn me into a Luddite teen and … it feels good. A slip and fall backward is considerably more risky now than it was then.
