I was born an old man in many ways, or at least I was raised to be one. I love order and authority and the crisp contrast of black and white. But what happens when that authority is challenged, and the sharp contrast of black and white becomes gray? What happens when the questions that defined those labeled “in” and those labeled “out” do not identify the players accurately? Already, your minds might be whirring like the old-style hard drives, trying to figure out which r

As I rounded the corner of my house this weekend, I ran headlong into them, cinder blocks and stepping stones. My daughter, young, full of life and energy had picked up the items over the internet for free. She sees broken blocks and concrete stepping stones neatly placed in our backyard, as the final pieces to a transformation of our living space. Did I mention that they were free? I should add that both Catie and Haley have been taking clippings and bringing them to ro