Thank you Terry. Yes, I can occasionally turn out a bonbon that satisfies a reader's sweet tooth for a moment.

But you. You write pieces which can be deeply moving. "What Are You Afraid of As You Age?" is a first-class example. "Each one of them when their lives closed was left with no horizons to look over. I can only wish their hopes didn’t die before they did." After reading that piece, I had to consciously bring my breathing back up to normal speed.