JosieHolford

Six Degrees: From Knife to A Dark Adapted eye

The great chain of books – #6Degrees – how one book leads to another.  There’s an explanation of how all…

1 week ago

The Signs

Pedantry, Politics, and the Park Ranger Activists persist in plastering all available neighborhood surfaces with their messages. Here's a small…

2 weeks ago

A Lost World

You don't have to be Irish or Catholic (I'm neither) to find this documentary fascinating. It's the story of Evelyn…

2 weeks ago

Leadership and the Curse of St. Custard’s

Modern life is full of complexity, chaos, and contradictions. In our efforts to cope, some succumb to despair, while others…

3 weeks ago

An Antidote for Optimism

For if ever you are in danger of feeling a wave of quite unreasonable cheerfulness descend, here is a simple…

3 weeks ago

Who does not love the spring deserves no lovers

I take my title from the South African poet Roy Campbell (1901–1957), who knew a thing or two about lovers…

4 weeks ago

The Eclipse of the Sun

This painting dominates a whole wall in the exhibit at the Neue Sachlichkeit / New Objectivity exhibit at the Neue…

1 month ago

In the Kitchen

In the Kitchen, Where I Lay My Scene Upon the counter where I lay my scene— (Do join me, if…

1 month ago

How I Became a Fascist

My New Identity I haven’t changed. The world around me has. At first, my new identity came as a bit…

1 month ago

Six Degrees: Prophet Song to Waterland

The great chain of books - #6Degrees. There’s an explanation of how all this works here.  Everyone is welcome to…

1 month ago

The Big Bow Mystery by Israel Zangwill

A murder in a locked room. Whodunit? And more importantly, howdunit? Who would want to kill philanthropist, union organizer, and…

2 months ago

The Soul of Nature: Caspar David Friedrich and Byron’s Childe Harold

A cold, wet February day - perfect backdrop for a journey into Romanticism—off on the M4 bus to the Met…

2 months ago

DEI and Getting Back on Track

Dialogue with Dignity I’ve been thinking about issues of racial justice since I was a teenager. I’m not claiming to…

2 months ago

In Love with London Fog

I kept coming across paintings of London by Yoshio Markino - gauzy portraits of a mysteriously colorful, old-world city often…

2 months ago