The homeless situation in Philadelphia is severe.  I live smack in the center where most subway lines stop.  So there's traffic on foot as well as the streets.  Then there's the equivalent of toll booths on the sidewalk, the perpetrators of swerving and blocking your...

Life changes in the instant. While I wish I could take credit for this simple yet powerful observation, the credit goes to the remarkable Joan Didion.  It's how she starts The Year of Magical Thinking which chronicles a year following the death of her husband, writer...

I want to find the woman that said I can't wait for summer to get here on a brisk April day.  I want her to stand outside the lobby of my building in the middle of the sidewalk.  I want her to stand there for one hour.  Then she can come inside and feel what a 35°...