DNA is a powerful thing

It's a shame Maddie and my grandfather never met, because they have a lot in common. When she's not instructing me on fairness or wearing out the word 'why,' she has an ebullience and a capacity for enthusiasm that remind me of him. Witnessing the two of them on one of his driving tours of Naples would have been priceless.

She also shares his fashion sensibilities:


He never let a little thing like stripes get in the way of pairing a preferred shirt with his plaid pants.