View from the North 40: When perspective is foreshorted, get a ladder

It happens on a weirdly frequent occasion that I write on a topic one week and the next week that topic becomes quite relevant to my everyday life. So it is that — in relation to last week’s column about everything in life being a matter of perspective — I am bewildered to announce this week that due to an alteration in perspective I now know what it’s like to live life as a short person.

It’s hard work being short. I didn’t expect that much challenge and, yet, here I am trying to rise to the occasion.

Oh, sure shortness seems like a superpower when these people ditch you easily in a crowd, or...