The Joy of Missing Out
For most of my adult life, I’ve felt over-scheduled. There was work, followed by helping our kids with homework, followed by cleaning up the mess our kids made while we were helping them with homework. […]
With Robert Frost, at Walmart
Town officials are considering zoning changes that would permit strip malls, fast-food outlets and big-box stores to be built a short distance from Robert Frost’s farm. The Boston Globe Frost It’s Tuesday morning, time […]
Pope Names Fox, Aparicio Patron Saints of Double Play
VATICAN CITY. Pope Leo XIV, a native of Chicago, today surprised Catholics around the world by circumventing established procedures and naming two men–Nelson “Nellie” Fox and Luis Aparicio–jointly to sainthood. The late players for the […]
Where Do You Get Your Poetic Inspiration?
Sometimes as I sit at my desk at night, my hands pressed to my temples, trying to come up with a poem that will be rejected by both The New Yorker and My Little Messenger, […]
My Favorite Opera Intermissions
As we age, our sleep needs remain the same, but we sleep more lightly and thus get less “deep sleep.” It is for this reason that adults need frequent “cat naps,” for which I recommend–opera. […]
Not Coming this Fall: Finocchio
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