My plans for today: Go to the farmers’ market, go on a picnic. Nature’s plans for today: Rain my brains out. Ah, well–Such is life. MA

Not photographS–that’s for another day. Today, I’m talking about the act of, the habit of (not to say “the obsession with”) taking snappies. With digital cameras, you aren’t edged into caution by the costs of film and developing; you can snap anything that takes your…

I’ve been asked how much time a day I spend writing. If you write, you know that’s a trick question. If you want to know how much time I spend sitting down, deliberately doing writery things, the answer varies from day to day. More properly,…