A friend is in town for medical tests. We had a pasta lunch in the complex where he’s being probed and scanned. He said he hadn’t seen so many doctors since he was quarantined for tuberculosis as a ...

One of the perks about retirement is you don’t have to bolt out of bed like a jack in the box as soon as you hear your alarm. In fact, most days I don’t even set the alarm. Indeed, life is all ...

I’ve found peace in simple routines: turning on Dancing With the Stars every Tuesday night while cooking dinner, playing ...

I like being alone. Perhaps it’s a taste I’ve acquired through a lifetime of feeling estranged from the world around me: I’m a little shy, significantly aloof and often bored with what the people ...

A candle flickers on the coffee table, sending a wisp of smoke into an empty, white-washed room. Foreign noises creak outside. I stare at the blank walls and the pictures scattered on the floor that ...

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