To Ella
I dreamed of you last night but it wasn’t you it was another dog who looked just like you but I was only borrowing her at the whim of some unseen and uncaring entity sometimes...
DeathA collection of 16 posts
The trade-off
Maggie Thatcher's dead, but so is Roger Ebert. Always a trade-off....
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On two of my idols: Iain [M.] Banks
Amid the staggering news of other losses this week, I want to remember to say a few words about Iain...
For Ella, on her ninth birthday
How can you live with a dog, with its lifespan of ten to fifteen years, and not realize how quickly the clock is ticking?...
Elsie Marie Rigby Partridge (1917-2012)
My grandmother, Elsie Marie Rigby Partridge, passed away early Sunday morning. She was 95 years old, going on 96. She...
Biking on Bryn Mawr
Biking on Bryn Mawr Avenue, clear sky, afternoon sun, I pull over to the curb for the ambulance hurtling my way. But it turns on Clark, and as I pass through the intersection I see the...