When I open my eyes in the dark morning, someone with completely dilated pupils is staring at me from eight… Read more purpose

Earlier today, I ran into my neighbor Troy from across the street. He is a tall, cheerful man who talks… Read more interested

Baseball is slow and strange, with peculiar rules, and the people who play it all look suburban and as if… Read more out

Yesterday Philadelphia had its primary elections, which are the de facto elections because we are an intensely blue Congressional district.… Read more finagling

The weather was fiercely hot today, but I met up with my adult kid and the grandchild. The grandchild was… Read more nerdery

A friend says to me periodically that she really feels dumb, and says it seems as if other people know… Read more what they’re doing