Halloween at Henry Ford Museum
I love fall — the warm days, the cool nights. Trips to the cider mill. Apple picking and bonfires. I [...]
Living among history
It was never-ending: Just when I thought Romano Romanini had showed me all he could of his sixteenth-century abode, he [...]
The trouble with fast eyes
It’s a long, long while from May to December. By the time Septemper-October rolls around, the days are growing shorter, [...]
Chet Baker remembered
When Chet Baker returned to San Francisco to play a few sessions at Kimball’s Jazz Club on Grove Street in [...]
Spike Lee and the limits of homage
Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. But imitation doesn’t always live up to the standard set by the original [...]
“To be loved is to be changed”
I think about this quote, "to be loved is to be changed," often when reflecting on how the people or [...]
An ode to Anna
Handing me a pamphlet on grief, the woman asked if I had a name picked out for her. I stared [...]
The cage and the jump
Let me tell you a story about cages — both visible and invisible. In the late 1960s, then–graduate student Martin [...]
Eating vs. eating
Is there a difference between eating because you have to and eating because you love food? I think there is, [...]
Fall festivals spell enchantment
Being brought up in a village in the heart of the English countryside, I remember how the narrow roads were [...]
Popes of my life, part 2
The year 1978 was the year of three popes, two papal funerals, two Conclaves, and two papal elections. This all [...]