A Few Words In Praise of Slowing Down

My Japanese friend Saiko is, for obvious reasons, an expert at cooking rice. Saiko has probably prepared enough rice in her lifetime to fill a warehouse. We were talking about this recently, and she told me that after decades of using an electric rice cooker, she’s going back to a method that involves literally fire, …

Put Those Towels Back, or Writing and the Assumptive Open

Terry: [was talking privately over dinner with Tess until Terry finally shows up] I know everything that’s happening in my hotels. Danny: [sarcastically] So I should put the towels back? Terry: [while rubbing Tess’s hands] No, the towels you can keep. -From the film Ocean’s Eleven One of the great things about writing, as with …

Sometimes The Idea Thinks of You

Although I write for a lot of large law firms, some of my favorite clients are the smaller ones. Rosen Hagood, of Charleston, South Carolina, has only fourteen attorneys. Yet, it’s an amazing collection of people. They’re deeply embedded in the social, business and political life of Charleston. They’re great lawyers, and surpassingly decent people. …