With the future glowing so brightly it seems realer than the present, I put the page from Jane Eyre in the game bag as well, for safekeeping, and a spoon that is on the kitchen table.

The white paint on the walls helps make the room look brighter.

There is heavy traffic on the Mass Pike.

Searers insist that a roast develops a rich crust when seared (it does) and that this crust seals in meat juices (it doesn't). After a lifetime of dutifully cooking roasts in a moderate oven, I've defected to the searers' camp.