Yesterday, I told my acupuncturist that winter used to be my favorite season, but that I was getting more sensitive to the cold as I aged.

“Age?” she asked incredulously. ”You?”*

Katherine Hancock Porter is the best acupuncturist in the universe.

Speaking of the universe . . . last night, in all my acupuncturist-certified youthful splendor, I met the best Star Trek captain who ever flew to the stars. First, Kate Mulgrew gave the performance of a lifetime as Katherine Hepburn in “Tea at Five.” Then she came out to a special reception in which she shook my hand and I complimented her on her fabulous shoes.

Oh, my little potato buds, they were fabulous. And so was she.

I love Katherine Hancock Porter and Kate Mulgrew.

* Note well that I had already paid her at that point, so she was not trying to cozen out a check.