And there it is — another giant stride toward the land of the ancients. Soon, I’ll be making old-person noises when I rise from a chair. Any day now, I’ll be napping at noon. So, I’m riding in my car along with my niece, who’s — I don’t know — somewhere between 5 and 12 […]

It’s in my blood, you know. My grandpa was a farmer from a long line of them. He was a man who limped everywhere because as a kid, he shot off his pinkie toe with a rifle. A man who could find water with a sliver of apple wood, or catch a bat by throwing […]

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. The night a group of students flared up in protest at Bates College back in the late ’90s, I showed up at the scene in sweat pants. Not pajamas. Sweat pants. Got it? I’m just trying to live my life. I’ve been thinking a lot lately […]