I’m writing this month’s column on my birthday in the UK in the shire of Derby (pronounced like “Barbie,” not like the hats worn by Laurel and Hardy) in Ashbourne Civil parish in a village called Kniveton in an AirBnB called “Upper Bank House.” I only mention this because for the past 30 years—other than the Covid “coffee break” of 2020 and 2021—I’ve celebrated my birthday in my adopted country rather than back in the states.
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