Yesterday, I texted my friends about the Nantucket Christmas weekend: “Yes, to a dance party. No to a quiet church choral concert. YES, to dressing up for the dance party. Get old, go bold, baby.”

Edgewalkers work on the edge of any group. We are inside enough to be trusted but never part of the tribe. We travel quietly, listen to people’s stories and ask questions, and serve as scouts, firestarters, forecasters, and canaries in the coal mine…

“You know what Catherine Deneuve once said, “It’s your face or your ass,” I tell my old college friends as we sit down for a decadent dinner…