With apologies to Richard III and Captain Oates — Sometimes life’s most important considerations sharpen, become clear and unequivocal. Usually, they are times of adversity. Last week, the fridge broke—a mild inconvenience in winter when the icebox-garage easily becomes an ersatz cooler. But Sunday it was the boiler. Compared to boilers, fridges are pretentious things, mere fripperies. In fact…
