Ah, the unpredictable companions of air travel. The harried mother of the toddler two rows back, who appears to communicate her constant need for attention in ear-piercing screeches (the toddler, […]

It’s Celtic Night at Passim’s, downstairs in the basement on a back street off Harvard Square. I’m nursing my mint tea in a corner while the dozen odd fiddles, mandolins […]

Sorry – too much in medias res, not enough ab ovo. But I’m an impressionist, you know that – I have to start in the moment. Filling in the details […]

 So, we’re around the breakfast table this morning and Michelle announces “Hey – it’s Free Comic Book Day today!” What? “Free Comic Book Day. You go to any comic book […]