Every Saturday morning, Lunchmoney Lewis’s “Bills” starts playing in my head, because it’s time to sit down and face reality.… Read more worry worry

I have been reading the mystery novels of the late Jane Haddam, novels that are good in their very idiosyncratic… Read more fictional

The current occupant of the household cat position is Louie, a barrel-chested, short-tailed, black-and-gray tabby cat with large, clear, deceptively… Read more prey

The weather has changed, so there are no T-shirts visible any more. I have switched from chests to conversations. A… Read more heard on the street

French class was well attended, even though Nick, the instructor, had had a hernia operation the previous week, and even… Read more to split hairs

Last night, a friend called me to run some things past me about World Championships in Veteran Fencing, which are… Read more not enough