I assumed the movie theater would be crowded. High noon on Thanksgiving Day–wouldn’t there be people of all ages and genders told to get out of someone’s hair and go see a movie for heaven’s sake? But the multiplex was deserted. We found seats in the middle of the middle, with an older couple above and […]
If your parents are divorced or in the process of getting a divorce, you may be concerned with the effects this might have on you. And you should be. Studies show that children of divorce have considerably greater risk of experiencing uhh … “psychological issues” compared with children who live in a stable two-parent environment.
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As this is being posted, Stella and I are on a flight down to North Carolina for the funeral of my grandmother, who I wrote about back in May. At that time, she’d suffered the first real bout of ill health in her 92 years of life, and had been moved into an assisted living […]
Sunday morning, for the last time, I swept the faux parquet floors of the apartment we’ve lived in for the last five years:
Our apartment was on the 7th floor — the one where the building has a bit of a setback on both sides, creating terraces. Our terrace was the one to the right. Our […]
Inspired by Sei Shonagon, I offered Stella’s list of disappointing things a couple of weeks ago. I am now happy to share a small list of pleasurable things.
In a well-appointed restaurant, there is no greater pleasure than unfolding a white linen napkin and feeling its stiffness and weight, which conveys the importance of the […]