Swan dive #2…I gotta stop doing this

First thing I did when I got home from the San Diego trip was hook a foot on the Christmas boxes in the mudroom and surf them down to the mudroom door, with attendant bruises.

I did better this morning. I usually get up at 5 to begin my day's work in peace and quiet: I brush the cat, watch the morning traffic, have my first cup of coffee, all in the dark—then take my computer from the floor where I left it last night from my evening's work, locate my glasses, and go back to my working chair i...