It was pleasant to wake up in Florence, to open the eyes upon a bright bare room, with a floor…
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A favorite place for a walk is the Hudson Valley Rail Trail. There's at least one stretch north of Hopewell…
Just a few pictures of very lovely evening at Trevor Day School. Great appreciation to all who helped make this…
It started with a tweet from yesterday morning: So off to google where I found the same inaccurate one-line biography…
A beautiful day and Innisfree Garden is open for the season. There is not much left of the house that…
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I was intrigued when I discovered that I am distantly related to the last person beheaded in England. The year…
I think it must have been Ann Klotz's quite lovely post that did it. It's about her office and her…
They had all watched him die, in a foreign landA warning to others from the High Command. Forfeits medals (sentenced…
I've been looking for a particular poem for a while now. When someone used the hashtag #SherlockPoems in a Twitter…
I began this post in 2017. The original focus was Louis MacNeice's's poem "Brother Fire". MacNeice was a fire-watcher during…
One Plays Chess, the Other Checkers Nancy Pelosi does serious politics and toddler management 101. Trump watches Fox. As everyone…
Eighty years ago today - on January 26th, 1939 - the poet W.H.Auden - accompanied by his friend and sometime…
Do you remember what you were doing on the 22nd of June at 9.00am? I do - at least for…