Two days prior to the blizzard of ‘22, I receive results of my CAT scan. Thereafter, I run. Initial symptoms presented Wednesday while...

Lingering snow drifts toward earth. The leaden sky is speckled white. Time accumulates. And slips away, drifting into the past. What...

Ignoring winter’s passive beauty, I shrug off evening’s cold and look around. I am alone in Kendall Square. “Just me,” I whisper. “Just...

Final moments arrive, joining us in a room without windows. Cool air squeezes through a slotted vent, shoved from behind by an...

“Come on, Dad, have some wine! Make a toast with us. It’s vacation and we’re all together!” From the beach below, the sound of steel...

“Jesus. Jesus Christ,” I whisper to myself, “that was not what I expected.” I put the little sheet of paper down on the well-worn Crate...