Old-Time 4th of July

We had a throwback 4th of July with our cousins by a small lake about an 1 hour north of New York City. There was swimming … … not to mention grilled cheeseburgers, sausages, and hot dogs with yellow mustard. And sparklers — lots of sparklers. And...

Flexible Flyers

“I ain’t seen one of those in years,” says the man, smiling at us and interrupting his cell phone conversation. * “That’s a real sled,” a mom tells her son. * They’re talking about the vintage Flexible Flyer that I’m...

The Nest and the Stuff

We call my office space “the Nest.” It sits at one end of our apartment, ostensibly screened off by a Japanese shoji screen. It’s a mixture of high-tech and low-tech: two widescreen monitors sit on an L-shaped glass desk, under which are three...