Man, standing in front of closed restaurant, on phone, says, “You turn 180 degrees,” and then he turns 180 degrees.… Read more conversations in passing

I woke up this morning from one of those paranoid dreams I have where someone is pursuing me relentlessly for… Read more been there

I spent money in January, partly because income tax means I take my annual “required minimum distribution” from my retirement… Read more buying things

Yesterday evening, I saw what a stroke looks like, and what an appropriate response looks like, for what it’s worth.… Read more stroke

The Philadelphia Fountain Pen Show began yesterday. It is held annually in a Sheraton Hotel I would otherwise have no… Read more pens

I gathered up various papers and caught a bus to the Philadelphia Municipal Services Building yesterday. It turns out that… Read more return