One Good Thing

Giving Old Things New Life

Twenty or so years ago, when friends were setting me up on a date with a Very Admired Writer, their one caution was that he was significantly older than I.

“That’s OK,” I responded … “because as you know, I love antiques.”

The date in question did not work out, for several reasons.

For one thing: Very Admired Writer didn’t seem to realize that he was on a…