For Elaine

5 years ago

To a Sewist extraordinaire, with thanks. This is just to say ...  . (Pictures to follow once they have been…

April and Silence: Three and a Bit from Tomas Tranströmer

5 years ago

Politics without mercy, demonic world events, power without responsibility, nature takes flight. National Insecurity The Under Secretary leans forward and…

A Marvelous Remedy for Wanton Vanity of Women

5 years ago

There I was I was minding my own business drinking an early morning cuppa in isolation, socially distanced and hunkered…

Schools and COVID-19: Gloom and Doom, Hope and Glory

5 years ago

What Schools Have To Be About Now A colleague shared an article  - That Discomfort You're  Feeling Is Grief from…

What Grocery Stores and Retail Outlets Should Be Doing in NY

5 years ago

Dear Friends and Neighbors: Based on personal observations and reports from others, many, if not most, grocery stores and other…

COVIDIOTS 2020 and Hellish Trumpery

5 years ago

So many parallels between our current pandemic and the plague that swept through London in 1665, at least as described…

Mental Health, Leadership and the Plan for That

5 years ago

They say the war is over. But water still Comes bloody from the taps. from 'Redeployment,' Howard Nemerov In April…

Coastal Command

5 years ago

My uncle Lawrence Holford was killed by a Bristol Beaufighter. Maybe two.  My father worshipped his older brother Laurie, and…

An Abundance of Caution

5 years ago

In an abundance of caution, Density reducing, I stay at home. I keep my social distance Leave bleach and hand…

Central Park Today

5 years ago

Spring is on the way. Pictures from Central Park, NYC today.