I don’t understand how anyone can play hockey. The amateur game is tough enough—we were watching the Olympics tonight—but the game is so fast at the professional level, so violent,...
As I write this, my wife is in the kitchen helping our 10-year-old granddaughter make Christmas cookies. As they work, they’re listening to music from the original Star Wars movie....
It’s always the same: I come off a long-distance train ride marveling at how many interesting people I’ve met and with whom I’ve shared interesting conversations. Thinking about my most...
Most mainlanders think we have beautiful, balmy weather here year ‘round. Would that were so. I don’t know what it was like on any of the other islands, but on...