Mornings for me are all about exercise, getting stretched, and getting on with the general physical medicine day. Which means any day. It is possible, however, to incorporate other experiences. Vis-à-vis podcasts. And even, this morning a Zoom meeting with the Lincoln Project. Which you will recall, represents a coalition of never-Trump Republicans and some Democrats. One of which is probably me. We heard from a guy who is a political science professor at the University of Virginia. And we heard Read more [...]

I don’t know why I set out for parts unknown on a regular basis, of a weekday. I tell myself that I need to get out. Out of the house. Out of my own mind, as it were. And, yes, that phrase with its multiple meanings is entirely appropriate on all levels. More on this later. For now, I am paying a highly productive visit to Messrs. Sam & Company. And on this drought-stricken day in February, I am happy, not unequivocally, to note that every table in front of his establishment is occupied. Read more [...]

I look up from my slightly chilly outdoors breakfast at Cup Café to see the proprietor Sam approaching from the opposite direction, that has to say, up the block from his front door. He tells me that a customer has left something behind. What he doesn’t tell me is how he knows where the customer is or might be. But that’s Sam. This neighborhood is his neck of the urban woods. And I am glad for it. I am also glad that he has wandered my way just as I was about to make my way down to the next Read more [...]