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
I used Dial soap until I got married. Then I switched to Ivory, because that’s what Lea used, and I just didn’t care that much. There wasn’t much to report until maybe ten years ago, when my skin started getting noticeably drier in the winter. OK, fine. I’m getting older. It rubs the lotion on … Read more