And here I am, a childless pseudo-intellectual bachelor Boomer who delights ever more exclusively in quiet reading, long walks, strong coffee, and the reciprocal adoration of his cat. My closest friends are scattered, widely, and seldom seen, so except when doing shows or collaborating on design projects, mine is a hermit-like existence. I’ve become a […]
To my ear, until fairly recently, the aphorism “age is just a number” rang extremely untrue. Depending on the angle of approach, it sounded like either compassion or delusion, but I think I get it now. I get it because, until fairly recently, I felt bound up in whatever number was mine, as if it […]
It was bound to happen eventually, I guess. This week, after nearly 60 years of almost laughably uneventful dental checkups, I scored two cavities, gum recession, and a chipped wisdom tooth that has to be removed. (#17, for readers with a dental chart handy.) Moreover, given my irreproachable lifestyle, the most likely culprit isn’t candy […]
