People of Letters

Plus: A word on superstition, some new work, and more postcard stuff

I stopped renting movies online as a policy not long after Netflix started streaming. I prefer to buy the movies, betting $10 that I’ll want to watch them again. I have very few superstitions, but those that I have are pervasive.

For example, my youngest daughter’s boyfriend was recently sworn in as a police officer in a small town. I thought, “You shou…