Several couples in my circle of friends are expectant grandparents now, and the
news of the baby to come is generally followed quickly by the discussion of what
their grandparent names will be.
Fireworks shooting across the Tennessee River last Saturday, two blocks from my
head, kept me awake. The finale in Chattanooga is a waterfall—they pile roman
candles on Market Street Bridge and you
The first man to take the stage was named Tom. He announced himself as the
world’s largest provider of bachelorette party supplies and wore a red leather
suit. He explained that his
I watched it on a small TV at a friend’s house in rural Alaska. Outside my
window scruffy spruce trees and rugged mountains overlooked a cool June day; on
the television, a