That feeling when you run into an old friend and the conversation picks up right where it left off: that is how it is between my press and me. I’ve tried to name my Tackach-Garfield 26”x48” combination press many times, but nothing has stuck. Because of this I call it “The Press” and my wife…

Procrastination. It’s what we writers do before we write. We sweep basement steps, wash gable windows, reorganize kitchen cabinets, or iron clothes—things we wouldn’t normally sweep or wash or reorganize except that today we need to write this blog or that story, and, well, our idea is bound to be just over there, next to…