Everyone is a Critic These Days

J. J. Grandville’s illustration of Gulliver suffering the slings and arrows of the Lilliputians, from Gulliver’s Travels (1726) by Jonathan Swift.

“Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain and most fools do.”

Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklin’s writings were criticized by
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In My Mind And In The Air: The Comfort of Obits and Graveyards

Highgate Cemetery in London

Why I Love Obits and Graveyards

I’m a big fan of writer Bob Brody’s idea (on boomercafé.com) of obituaries “for people who never accomplished all that much in life. They would highlight certain modest successes, like …

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Provincetown: What Remains of Paradise

In the cool light of winter, looking out at MacMillan wharf

P-Town: The Nuts and Bolts

I recently wrote two travel pieces about Provincetown, Mass. for Travel Awaits, about the nuts and bolts of a visit to P-town in winter

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