Sometimes the difference between fantasy and reality is the difference between a Gucci designed duvet and a lumpy mattress.  The cosmetics can be eye-popping but it won’t result in a good night’s sleep.  Sitting down to thumb through the latest edition of Town & Country, I o

While I’m standing at the lunch counter at the retirement center, a woman whom I’ve known for several years greeted me with surprise.  Had I grown and inch or two she wondered.  By her recollection, she’d always been taller than I.  She was right, of course.  But age had don