CALL ME SNAKE

Owing to two big conferences in Boston, both geared to science journalists, we presently have a full house. A journalist friend from Switzerland is staying with us, as is a journalist friend from England. That has led to a crowded situation in our already packed household, forcing old Snake to sleep in the attic. But it’s nice to see friends from faraway places and to have some adult conversation in our house from morning to night. That almost makes up for–or rather I should say MORE than makes up for–my having to sleep in our low-ceilinged attic.