Ocean

It's as if you had to hurry. Any minute, the storms would hit the city. I mean, we had a night's break, so that my daughter and I co...

On the flight to Boston, I have the pleasure of sitting next to a very beautiful couple (in my estimation). She’s chatty and though I usuall...

I read in the news tonight that a Northwest flight overshot Minneapolis by about 150 miles. For two hours, they were flying…nowhere. Possibl...

Tuesday, midnight. Can’t sleep. It could be that we’re sleeping on the floor and the sheet beneath me is moving too much and the pillow is m...

I was, of course, mesmerized. I was also tired. Up at 3, one flight in the dark, one just at sunrise. I force myself to work in the air and ...

You know the true sign of getting past the middle part of middle age? When you start taking out the bag to pack for a trip days in advance o...

They say you never really understand how a complicated civil case works its way through the court system unless you, yourself have been impl...

I have, over the years, slowed down. You don’t notice it when it happens. One day, you’re flying between court cases and class teaching and ...

My feeling is that if you can’t brag about the colors just outside your door in mid-October, then what good is mid-October? Which brings me ...

Finally. Half way into the semester, I have developed a rhythm. I’m in control. When I have a few minutes of spare time (on the bus ride in ...

Early in the day, Ed and I take a walk to the market. A typical November market. You don’t think “bounty!” Instead, you notice the empty spa...