Kitties Swimming

Telluride Daily Planet, Wednesday, February 3, 2010 Every year, after I make the same self-absorbed resolution to keep a journal (25 years and counting), I go off to buy a great little book that begs for the scratches and loops of elegant, urgent writing. Let’s see, will it be the chunky spiral-bound 99-center or the Hemingway-approved …

Anagrams, Part I

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 …