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And the last class sentence was uttered, and I packed up to go home. Except, I’d forgotten that this week was the first week of the winter d...

So many ways to use the word hang . And each time, the meaning changes: hang on. Hang up (the verb) . Hang up (the noun). Hang in there. H...

Rules to live by: If the IRS squawks at you for not supplying proper documentation with your tax return, give them some more papers. And if...

It’s the last of the really tough weeks (for this year; in January, a fresh set of challenging schedules clicks in). I’m sure, we, down on c...

I get curious about this city. Surprised, aren’t you? So often I look for ways to leave – vacations, week-ends: Ed, can we travel? But there...

How I love a morning espresso with a wallop of hot milk! And this, too: muesli with chopped fresh fruit (mangoes are available) and kefir! (...

The end of the semester is in three weeks. It is, therefore, within my imagination: I can envision three weeks. Three weeks. When I was preg...

My good camera continues to dangle from my neck on both the morning ride in and the evening ride back. I hear it muttering there, as it boun...

It is near closing time. A woman comes into the shop where I moonlight. She is accompanied by a dog. A medium sized one. I notice that the d...

It’s no secret that I believe I have in me a book. I also have in me essays. Unlike the book, these have been coming out in a fairly steady ...

If the world imploded on a Monday or Tuesday or Wednesday or Thursday, I would not know it, were it not for my iphone. The tiny NYTimes icon...

Three women from a southeast Asian country (not positive which one... China maybe?) came into the shop this afternoon. After much consultati...

How do you approach a November Saturday that is off the charts toasty? So toasty that you could bounce around outside in a tissue t-shirt an...

A friend recently became a grandmother. Again. The world of babies is foreign to me right now, much as it was before I gave birth to my own....

There isn’t a good way to recover from an overextended week. Sleep? I can’t sleep. Not any more. I’m too tired to sleep. (A disinterested ob...