Turning Music into Narrative
It’s no secret that 2016 has been a rough year for pop musicians. Did someone set off a slow-acting neutron bomb that kills platinum-sellers?
Stargazing
I will remember 2015 as the year I discovered the universe. Not in any literal sense. I have been stargazing since I was a kid, and have enjoyed reading about astronomy and cosmolo
A Mortal Fear of Walk-a-Thons
On the way to the Muse and the Marketplace conference a couple of Sundays ago, turning onto Beacon Street, I ran into a river of pedestrians aiming west-bound toward Coolidge Corne
These October Evenings
The real transition from summer to autumn, I have always thought, occurs during these October evenings. Drenching rains knock leaves off trees. Cold nights act as a reminder of wha
My Two Front Teeth
The first got cut in half by a puck when I was ten, playing street hockey in New York. The second got angle-chipped at fifteen while driving my friend Scott’s Gran Torino without