I was honored when my Oxford classmate Mary asked me to come up with a 100-song playlist for Saturday night’s 30-year reunion. (Because, let’s just be blunt: who could do that better than I could?) I tried to balance big hits that everyone would want to hear with songs they probably hadn’t heard in a … Read more
Lea is my first wife, but she was my second fiancée. Beyond a passing mention, I’ve never written here about that first serious relationship I had. But I thought of her and that time in my life again recently, in a context of trying to remember who I was then and gleaning my impressions for … Read more
Looking forward to seeing some old Oxford friends this weekend. Several attendees will be folks I make an effort to see anyway, but a few I will have not seen in 32 years. My latest favorite defensible food to keep around is a big bowl of black beans, mixed with goodly portions of chopped onions … Read more