Of Wrist Radios and Matte Paintings

A trip to a nearby antique store yielded not only Porky Petunia, the gigantic resin piggy bank (joining The Morkie, Puffy Petunia, and The Jorkie, Scruffy Petunia) that now stands guard over the living room chaise, but also, thanks to a McDonald’s cup and a luncbox, an urge to rebuild my collection of memorabilia from Warren Beatty’s DICK TRACY – a collection decimated somewhen between my noughties exodus from the cabin in the woods for Boston and my return; pretty sure I had all of the (inex...