Seattle lost a great man last week, when Chef Thierry Rautureau died on October 29th. Only 64 years old, he succumbed to pulmonary fibrosis, an autoimmune disease that scars the lungs, making breathing difficult.

Early morning is Avi’s favorite time to walk, before the sun rises and begins baking the ground.  But on October 7th, he just wasn’t feeling motivated to walk.  After ten minutes, he called it quits.  That saved his life.

Have you ever noticed that it’s harder to capture something in a few, carefully chosen words than to express yourself without limits?  In April, I took a 3-session class called “How to Review Everything,” with Misha Berson, the former art critic for the Seattle Times.