The #1970 Club: Language and Learning

3 months ago

The #1970 Club is starting tomorrow (October 14th) and I'm prepared with some reading and re-reading.  1970 offers a rich…

How do they live with themselves?

3 months ago

How Do They Live with Themselves? This was the question Roger Rosenblatt asked in The New York Times regarding the…

On the Road

4 months ago

"The pleasure [of motoring] is seeing Nature as I could in no other way see it; my car having ‘tops',…

September Round-Up

4 months ago

We've been lucky with the weather in NYC this September. Many bright, warm days The aftermath of the powerful hurricane…

Meaning Loss

4 months ago

In Meaning Loss, Sanje Ratnavale has written a practical and timely contribution to an important debate that all schools should…

Up Queer Street

4 months ago

Our friend Carol said we just had to read David Sedaris in the  September 9, 2024, New Yorker -  “The…

Harvest Moons

4 months ago

The 2024 harvest moon is September 17th.  First a poem courtesy of the Daily Poem at The Paris Review -…

Sextortion: Alas! I am undone

5 months ago

Half a century ago I received an anonymous telephone call from a woman who said she had found my name…

Water. Works. Closets.

5 months ago

As always, one thing leads to another. This time it's the post from Gert Loveday's Fun With Books that highlights…

City Summer Strolling

5 months ago

OK - so this image is misleading. My photo app tells me this is from last year when - on…