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
At the end of ninth grade, Mrs. Austin went to collect our literature readers. If yours was lost, you had to pay a fee, but it was a pittance—nowhere near the replacement cost. Like $7 or something, OK? So she asked for mine, and I gave her $7 instead and said mine was lost. She … Read more
Last night was a quiet New Year’s Eve. During prime fireworks-lighting time, it was about 15 ºF with a 15-mph northern wind. That shuts folks down pretty hard. I didn’t complain. I have goals for the new year, but nearly none of them are constrained to the calendar. It’s becoming clear to me that my … Read more