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Things we don’t remember often enough: We time travel every time we gaze upon a star.

The light of that star our eyes see is light from hundreds, perhaps thousands, of years ago. Telescopes are devices that allow us to travel back in time even further.

There are far too many non-fiction books that make their case in the introduction or first chapter, then spend the next 300 pages belaboring a point concisely and completely made in the first 25.

Beatrix, age 13, our puny puritan, closes her eyes when people kiss in movies and insists we inform her when it’s over.

Happy Valentines Day from our ice cold hearts to you.