I get on the bus, and I can't see clearly out the windows because the bus operator has sold advertising to a company which has shrink-wrapped the entire bus with its logos and slogans. It's nighttime now as the bus approaches my destination, and...
It’s late afternoon here in late summer on the Jersey shore, and the pounding heat of New York feels miles away. Sandpipers dot the shoreline, scampering away from the incoming tide. Next to me, a flock of unafraid seagulls are hovering above a group...