By David Himmel

• Listening to the news in the car with my five-year-old son. They’re talking about Donald Tump’s indictment. Harry asks me about Trump. “Why is he a bad dude and what did he do as president?” I give him the headlines. He stops me midway through. “Dad, when you’re done telling me about Donald Trump, can you never talk about him again? Because he’s bad and I don’t want to talk about him anymore.” Well said, kid. Well said.

• Is the Easter Bunny male or female? Or am I a monster for asking in such binary terms?

• Conversation is hard. Don’t take it personally.

• Come to think of it, don’t take anything personally. Life is far more enjoyable when you’re a sociopath.

• The first sign of spring is not buds on trees or even tulips pursing through the chilly dirt. It’s the moorings going in the harbors.

• Twenty years does not make for old age. But it is a long time.