Telluride Daily Planet, Thursday, October 22, 2009 It’s Sunday morning, the coffee pot is half empty, and I’m plugging my ears, trying to muffle the familiar voice of Will Shortz, the New York Times crossword puzzle editor and NPR Weekend Edition’s puzzlemaster. Even through my fingers, though, I know exactly what the only person on earth …
The F Word
Telluride Daily Planet, Tuesday, October 6, 2009 March 2008. I am about to turn 50 when life sneaks up on me and does the equivalent of what my brother used to do when I was eight and he was sixteen: jump out from behind a door and scare me so bad all I can do …