My brother says that I am, “so creative because I fill my head with so much junk.” By “junk” he means the science fiction and fantasy novels I prefer to his erudite Manhattanite fare. I do love a good story and they are all the better when there is a magical component or a spaceship [...]

When you get right down to it, who really cares about how well you feel on any given day? You do, of course. Your mother, your kids, spouse, close friends, maybe even your boss or co-workers do too. How do you know? They ask you all the time, they make you soup when you are [...]