Moving on up — slowly

LIVING in Asia, I’ve written articles riding on an elephant, and washed from a pith helmet in Surabaya. And once, in trouble before cells, computers or the abilities of Mindy Levine, and needing a telegram sent for immediate help, I asked would this wire go out immediately. Answer: “Oh, yes, this very week.” Back here, I negotiated an apartment. The building’s board chair then told my broker: “As if we’d let anyone like that gossip person live here.” I moved elsewhere.