Pictured is JudgmentsHere in the middle of a Speed Scrabble match against the family dog. Such contests previously were casual and occasional; but they have become more frequent, and more heated, since the emergence of the pandemic, and the issuance of shelter-in-place recommendations. Another sign of the times, to be sure. Although formal records have […]
Daddy found the boys in the upstairs part of McDonald’s. They had found seats at a little counter that faced a window, through which you could see people walking on Third Avenue. Nathan had taken one chair, and Lewis had taken another. They had put their backpacks on the chair between their chairs, to […]
Albert Einstein was of the view, famously, that “matter can neither be created nor destroyed.” The Professor surely was a first-rate physicist, and made many real contributions. He was unaware, however, of my historic work with broken appliances and children’s toys. The fact is, I can create two tricycles out of one tricycle. And I […]
