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Many people have written love letters to their cars. My favorite is E.B. White’s “Farewell, My Lovely!,” about his old Model T Ford, published in the May 16, 1936 issue of The New Yorker. I’m a fan of anything E.B. White writes, and this is no exception. He writes with adoring…
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I don’t speak Yiddish fluently. Or even semi-fluently. But having lived in New York City for thirty-five years, I acquired a basic store of Yiddish words that, like many New Yorkers, Jewish or not, I employ as part of my ongoing vocabulary. Plus a smattering of Jewish expressions…
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I’m not sure boarding school is totally responsible for my lack of understanding of women. I think there’s some natural ability at work here. I have quite a few witnesses to that effect. I can see them raising their hands high to be heard. But boarding school has its share of the…
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One afternoon, some years ago, I went to my ex-wife’s office in Midtown New York City. I don’t remember the reason. We hadn’t been divorced that long. Things were still raw. I know I was. But there I was, in her Midtown office building, on a high floor. I remember at one point…
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I want to thank all of you for subscribing and/or reading my newsletter. I try my best to say something that at the very least is entertaining. And that might even give you a little lift. Six months ago, I moved to rural Louisiana, following my heart to be with my girlfriend…

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Did you happen to see the recent article in the New York Times about how Roald Dahl’s books are being altered? And not by him, since he died in 1990…
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Thirty years ago, I was at the MacDowell Colony for an artist residency. It was the summer of 1993. It was my first time as a MacDowell Fellow, as…
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My girlfriend Gaywynn and I got a dog. As with many people who get a dog, we really didn’t know what we were getting ourselves into. It’s a puppy, a…
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Part 1 was vegetarians. I wrote, with some glee, about vegetarians who come for dinner and don’t forewarn you about their uncompromising diet, so that…
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We were inside our little house in rural Louisiana. It was after dark. My girlfriend got a text from our next door neighbor saying we had two owls in…
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There was a period in my life years ago when I had nightmares. When I woke up—usually because of the bad dream—I was in a state of terror. That word…
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Happy New Year, everyone.
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It’s Christmas Eve, and I’m thinking about a lot of things, with some wistfulness, as we normally do this time of year. I’m thinking of how fortunate I…
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