The Ever-changing Map of Life

Figuring out the world is déjà vu all over again

There was a time in the 20th century, B.D.D. (Before Digital Devices), when I had a formula as reliable as gravity for assessing relationships. In my world, the true test of any intimate relationship involved a rental car and a roadmap. Ask my then-boyfriend, now husband, about a 2006 trip to Washington, D.C., using his 1983 Rand McNally road atlas. Of …