Frank Bruni

Thank you, Frank Bruni, for your column last week, which included this wonderful bit of prose! “Law & Order” has become my calmative, my decompression, my lullaby. Lately, before nodding off, I watch one, two or two and a half episodes of the original “Law & Order” or the revamped “Law & Order” or the

State Farm: a rant

Do they really want my business? Oh, and here’s a timer to my next sabbatical!

Travelin’

I’m in Birmingham, Alabama for the rest of the work week, doing the good work of serving the profession as a visitor at UAB for the National Association of Schools of Music. So Monday, while I had a bit of time, I spiffed up two pairs of shoes. When I was still living with my