When the worst seat in the house becomes the best seat in the house…
Category: Fiction
Yuppies Agree: Nuns Make Best Spinning Instructors
BOSTON. It’s 5:55 a.m., and Julie Berman’s alarm clock just went off. She’s not quite ready to get up, but she doesn’t hit the snooze button. “I’ve got to start speed-dialing at 5:59 if I […]
Golden Rules of Running
Replace running shoes every 400 to 500 miles (or 4-5 years, whichever comes first). Wait to run for at least 2 hours after eating a meal (otherwise, be sure that you are only 2 minutes […]
Whither Butter Sculpture?
It has been several years since Norma Lyon, the pre-eminent practitioner of a uniquely American art form–butter sculpture–died, and the deep impact of her demise becomes more clear with each passing day. “I can’t believe it’s not Jesus […]
Moi et Baudelaire in the Backseat on Vacation
I first encountered Charles Baudelaire as a sophomore in college when I read Les Fleurs du mal, and to say that dawn broke on Marblehead, as the expression has it here in Massachusetts, would not […]
Scooter & Skipper at the Junior Algonquin Club
It’s mid-August, time for me to check on the kids to see how they’re doing with their summer reading lists. Things haven’t changed much in our little town since I was a boy; every spring […]
