Not long ago, I read one of those lost dog stories that ends happily. As a plot, the narrative wasn’t remarkable except that it was true. What gave the account its cachet was that it happened in New York, a city famous as the home of the lonely crowd. I don’t agree with that lab
Technology seems to be advancing ahead of the words necessary to describe the resulting changes. One area has kept pace, however: the publishing industry. Laser printing has made publishing highly affordable. Self-publishing houses are thriving and thousands of books are being writte
I sat down with my grilled cheese sandwich yesterday to read the winning essay from a women’s magazine contest. The woman wrote about her husband’s troubled return from Iraq. Certainly, her subject touched countless numbers of families and the opening paragraph was gripping. I e