I’m writing this in my notebook while leaning against a tree in Greenwood Park, a city park around the corner (actually two corners) from my house. It’s a really nice park. And it’s a nice day; this morning was chilly and rainy, but in the late morning the sun came...

The other day I went inside my neighborhood Fred Meyer supermarket to pick up a prescription. As I passed through the sliding door, I noticed that the security guard wasn’t wearing a mask. She was a tall, burly woman, like Tammy on the sitcom Mom, but (as I learned)...

It’s time to move on, time to get goin’ What lies ahead, I have no way of knowin’ But under my feet, baby, grass is growin’ It’s time to move on, time to get goin’. - Tom Petty   “I’ve read that Echo is my ‘divorce album,’” Tom Petty told his biographer, Warren...