MOLLY YOUNG: One recent morning, I zipped toward the Bronx… My task: to seek the meaning of solitude from an elderly female who has lived alone, more or less, for 15 years. Her name is Happy, and she is an Asian elephant. Happy was captured, along with six others, in the early 1970s, probably in … Continue reading MEDITATIONS ON LONELINESS: 43 Minutes With Happy the Elephant at the Bronx Zoo