I was walking our dog Bandit the other day past Florence Field, a run-down Little League diamond near Dallin School in Arlington. As ratty as Florence is, it will always be a special place for me, as many of my son Ted’s Little League games were played there. For a few minutes, Bandit and I …

When I was growing up, Easter was always a big deal.   The religious aspect was important:  From Palm Sunday throughout Holy Week, we heard the reading of the Passion by all four evangelists while surrounded by purple-shrouded statues of the saints (all statues and crucifixes were hidden by church law from Passion Sunday until Holy …