I wrote an essay for Globe and Mail about doing nothing, and how lovely it was to just sit and notice one's surroundings. The essay must have connected, because for weeks after I received emails from readers thanking me for it, telling me stories about how they used to do this and missed it, or had just done so. One man told me about his joy in flying his model airplane along the northeast coast of Canada, where he lives, just for fun and to calm his mind. A woman told me abo