The year of living magically
Evanston RoundTable, June 11, 2025 “There is a tide in the affairs of men, which taken at the flood, leads on to fortune; omitted, all the voyage of their life is bound in shallows and in miseries,” reads the famous quote from Julius Caesar. Far be it from me to rewrite Shakespeare, but I think he […]
Toots and the Brummie
Note: The travel part of this story is true. I’m not so sure about the Brummie’s tale. In the spring of 1968, a junior year abroad university student in London, I decided it was time for my real education to begin. I packed a backpack, took a train to the south coast, and crossed the […]