A Cat’s Work

A cat's job in the shop is to supervise the careless human.

Introducing The Cap’n

Life with the Cap'n was always a test of wills.

Duty

You cannot duck certain duties. There comes a time, as the days lengthen and winds slowly shift to south-westerlies, that you can no longer delay the inevitable.

A Certain Avoidance Of Good Fortune

It was a slow day—the type of show where artists and craftspeople spend most of the time talking to each other.

Spring Cleaning

I have several springtime reorganization projects that I need to tackle. I'm never lukewarm about these projects. I either look forward to them or dread the entire thing.

Pig Pen

Exactitude creeps into our lives at different times and places, depending on our personality.

Dig?

I've known many people who need to come clean about the '60s and '70s. Come on, folks, your kids and grandkids won't flip out when they find out that you wore a pair of love beads, gave the peace sign, or dropped a tab.

State of the Art

It may have seemed as though I flit about Boston University's world my first two years there.

Thunderstorm

People who know me well enough know that I don't do a great job of long-term anger. I complain loudly, but it passes rapidly. Stoic I am not.

But

Let's see hitching rides in the rain with a hole in the sole of one shoe; squish squish to Boston. Owning one blanket, and the girlfriend who is staying over turns out to be a blanket hog; so romantic.