A native New Yorker, Philip M. Greeley has been employed as a movable bridge engineer, bookseller, commissary kitchen steward/receiver, and editorial intern, among other things. He keeps a journal longhand, as he has for years, and writes on politics, culture, and law from Staten Island. He's fond of coffee and dogs; has lots of coffee, but all the dogs he knows belong to friends. Headshot photo by Brett B. Greeley.