Those top ten beaches
In my continuing effort to get into a summer holiday mood this weekend, I am posting a link to Dr. Beach’s list of top ten sandy ocean spots. It’s heavy on the Hawaiian venues, but it also includes one in … Continue reading →
Category Archives: Me, myself, and I
Blogging and burnout
Richard Fernandez reflects on the announcement by blogger Marc Danziger (former “Armed Liberal,” in recent years at Winds of Change, and friend of mine from some years back) that Danziger is taking a break from blogging. Fernandez writes: Once, at … Continue reading →
Food poisoning
Perhaps I should have known better than to eat at IHOP, a place I hadn’t visited in years. I ordered an omelet with cheese and spinach. Sounds healthful enough. And it was rather tasty, too. Came with mediocre hash browns … Continue reading →
On reaching dental senility
I have reached a certain dental age, the point at which every visit to the dentist seems to elicit some bad news. Even something as innocuous as a tooth-cleaning—which I had the other day—sparks a pronouncement that more work is … Continue reading →
My smart phone has outsmarted me
I’ve had a smart phone for about a month. I have no doubt it’s highly intelligent. It can get online in an instant, locate me in time and space much better than I can, and tell me what restaurants are … Continue reading →
Moiseyev Partisans
I recall a performance of the Moiseyev Dance Company’s “Partisans” as the single most exciting theatrical experience of my life. It occurred back when I was a little kid and the company was on its very first visit here. A … Continue reading →
Phone home: not!
Recently I saw a depressing article in the NY Times about the decline of the telephone conversation. And the comments were even sadder. It seems the phone is going the way of the dodo and the calling card. People would … Continue reading →
Where my mother lives now
Yesterday I was in New York visiting my 97-year-old mother at the assisted living facility where she’s lived for the past four years. My mother has been looking thinner lately. Her broken hip and surgery last fall took a bit … Continue reading →
Is it time to take the “neo” out of neo-neocon, and go south?
I’ve been blogging now for six years. Six long years under the moniker “neo-neocon.” And I was thinking the other day about whether I can really lay claim to the prefix “neo” any more. After all, am I really still … Continue reading →
Dancers and photos: they knew how to project magic
Take a look at this photo of dancer Isadora Duncan and see how powerful it is. I challenge you to find anything remotely like it in a contemporary dancer. But then, Duncan was sui generis even in her time, or … Continue reading →
RIP Jane Russell
One of the Hollywood icons of my youth, Jane Russell, has died at 89. Russell was by all reports that rarity in the movie world: down-to-earth, level-headed, Republican, and religious. I was taken with her when I was a child … Continue reading →
Going through the files
Yesterday I took on the chore of trying to tidy up and streamline my filing cabinets. Not one of my favorite activities. But in a way it is—at least the fantasy I have regarding how the files will end up. … Continue reading →