So I’m going to do that thing I tell students not to do: I’ll start with a definition. And not only will I start with a definition, but it will be from dictionary.com, not even a dictionary with a …
I’ve proclaimed my allegiance, in earlier posts, to the Socially Awkward Travellers (SATs) of the world. And I’ve confessed my lack of facility with “tips.”
But I’ve learned a doozie in these first days of 2012: carrying a microscope on …
“Oh, I want that,” my friend Erin said. We were heading for a subway stop in Brooklyn, but the universe had deposited on the sidewalk, by a small heap of trash bags, an artfully weathered black trunk.We each …
