Forward is used very inconsistently. That is, most people use it to mean the opposite of back with respect to the future and the same as back with respect to the past. Unfortunately for this subject in general, at some point the future is certain to become the past, making back and forward in such contexts absolutely baffling. The alternative is to be prepared to be hospitable when, say, the dinner guests who are now expected two weeks from Saturday ring the doorbell this Saturday instead. I come from, home town means where you came from, though others seem to use it to mean where you live.
Home is indeed where the heart is.
I see lead used in place of led to indicate the past tense of that verb in an increasing number of references. I thought the first few instances were typos, but I've now seen it enough to be convinced that it's intentional. N.Y. People bump into me on the sidewalk pretty often, but even so, I don't think it's intentional. All letters become the property of Word Court. Barbara Wallraff is a senior editor of The Atlantic Monthly magazine.