Scott, my companion of many years, insists on calling them endorsements. My friend Carolyn tells me that “Mailer (and probably Hemingway)...

When John McPhee was talking to a reporter on NPR about a year ago, he said the whole idea of writing the new short pieces he’s been...

I moved to Philadelphia twenty years ago.  It was a hot, dry summer day and I felt far away from the cool shade of my yard in...

I’ve been thinking about birds a lot as I shovel. We’ve had two big storms in a row and my job’s been to shovel the snow off the third...

I went to the flower show yesterday and felt a little depressed until I got to the bonsai exhibit. I had seen Jane Pepper in a slim blue...

I’ve been forced to rest the past week after surgery. While I’ve been going from my house to work and back again the world has exploded...