My vision isn't getting worse; the fine print is getting smaller. Or it’s at the end of a contract that reads like War and Peace. Or it’s not in writing at all. Gotcha! There are so many gotchas. I’m ...

At the Museum of Fine Arts, a fluted marble column, perfect in its uniform, scalloped undulations, stands as a serene facsimile of a classical ideal — until, abruptly, it doesn’t: At eye-level, its ...

A close relative used to give gifts based on what worked for her, not what the intended recipient needed or desired. It wasn’t malicious or passive-aggressive. Just tone deaf. Candy Thomson spent 40 ...

Laura Dickerman almost went into publishing. After college she worked as an intern at the Paris Review, got a graduate degree in fiction, and took on a few jobs in the industry before quitting to ...