Art, Film, Photography

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…

1 day 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 weeks ago

Locked Out

Most of us have done it at some point or another - accidentally locked ourselves out of the house.  Raymond…

4 months ago

On the Road

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

5 months ago

September Round-Up

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

5 months ago

Harvest Moons

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

5 months ago

Life Itself

 One thing leads to another. How do you get from the Daily Poem in the Paris Review to a re-read…

6 months ago

The Hard Way

I received a book in the mail this week. Nothing unusual about that even though I do try to buy…

8 months ago

The Hidden Paw

 "The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, But in ourselves, that we are underlings. Julius Caesar Act 1…

1 year ago

The Art Bombing World of the Cat

It's been a bit quiet on the R and R front this Fall but I've not been entirely idle. I…

1 year ago