I saw Ratatouille the day it opened. Not only because I love to cook, but because lately I have been feeling companionable toward rats.

Last year my wife and I bought a condo in Somerville, Massachusetts, the most densely populated city in New England. As soon as we moved...

My girlfriend Nancy and I got married twice. Once by ourselves at City Hall in Somerville, and again a few months later with our friends and some family on Cape Cod. Even after two weddings, it took me a long time to get used to calling her my...