It’s Friday, which means I have to wind up the clock on the wall. It’s my wife’s clock. She brought it from Poland, where it had originally been her paternal grandmother’s who lived with them when my ...

"I have a sense for when a clock is in the background of something, which is kind of strange. I like it." Credit: courtesy Clee McCracken As you scroll through Clee McCracken’s TikTok account, the ...

Perhaps you recall the old tune, “My Grandfather’s Clock.” It sprang to mind recently after reading an online article “Why ‘Tock-Tick’ Doesn’t Sound Right to Your Ears,” sent by the son of Mrs. Vannoy ...