Remains of the Day

Summer is coming to a close in much the way it began—full speed ahead. While the beginning was marked by, among other things, graduations ...

I went on my first trip to Washington, DC when I was a senior in high school. It was my first time on a plane, my first time east of metro D...

Usually my stack of reading is at least partially made up of books written decades (or sometimes centuries) ago—partly because I like buyi...

This is the time of year I start to panic. Midsummer should be all about sun and fun, but as July creeps to a close, I think, "Winter...

This week I've been taking sailing lessons. I've lived in Maine for more than twenty years and have only been on a sailboat once b...

Earlier this week I had to take my car to the mechanic for some repairs. I brought M with me so he could clean all the stuff out of his ca...

I like to have a lot of books from different genres going at one time, each genre lending itself to a different time of day. Morning No...