The lovely Nina and I met a very interesting gentleman today: Paul Sheehan, a columnist for the Sydney Morning Herald. (He has also served as that newspaper’s Washington correspondent, and its day editor.) Mr. Sheehan is an old friend of our friend Allen Kurzweil, and is in Wellfleet for a visit. This afternoon Allen, who lives nearby, brought him over to introduce us, and we spent a couple of hours in conversation.
In addition to being witty and charming, Mr. Sheehan is quite the reactionary gadfly, and a stout-hearted infantryman in the culture war now ravaging the West. He is also noted for his collection of crack vials, which I understand to be the finest in the world.
If you should happen to see this, Paul: it was a pleasure getting to know you. Come again, and next time I’ll make sure to have some oysters put by.