1. Weird dream last night. My friend Lena Q., who I haven’t seen in a long time, had just bought a new white car. It was a standard (which I never learned to drive), and for some reason I had to be the one to drive it, with a full complement of passengers. The steering […]

This weekend, I made the ultimate sacrifice for my mother. I missed Rome. Fortunately, dinner and the wine and the good company were worth it. Or at least, I think so: I’ll be unable to make a firm judgment one way or another until I see the episode. Thanks to JVL’s excellent skillz with the […]