There are women performers in Russian and Ukrainian folk dancing. But they’re really just decorative window-dressing. The men are the thing. And yes, they have ball bearings for knees, and springs in the soles of their feet. I first saw … Continue reading →
[Hat tip: commenter “AesopFan”] I love this: Rose Leigh-Manuell calls herself blessed. The vibrant great-great-grandmother is 101 years old. Her medical staff at Good Samaritan/Catholic Health Services in Sayville believes Leigh-Manuell’s strength and drive battled and beat the coronavirus. But … Continue reading →
I know there’s other news today, too, besides the Flynn case. But it’s the Flynn case that’s on my mind. It seems to me it illustrates the fact that, step by slow step over the last couple of decades (maybe … Continue reading →
I’m not sure why I decided to do a post on bar songs today. Cabin fever, perhaps? As you may know, I hardly drink alcohol. And even the shutdown hasn’t gotten me to do much drinking, except for maybe a … Continue reading →
Memoir is a strange genre of writing. It’s not always good, but when it’s good, it’s very very good. Two examples of which I’m very fond are Nabokov’s magnificently written Speak, Memory and Updike’s remarkable Self-Conciousness. They may not be … Continue reading →
I made this soup a while back and ate it day after day for almost a week. That sounds terrible, but the thing that was so great was that I didn’t tire of it. The challenge of what to eat … Continue reading →
I’d already been due for a haircut when the whole COVID thing hit – in fact, overdue. I have the sort of hair that’s hard to cut well, and so I’d been putting it off. Turns out that wasn’t the … Continue reading →
I get several emails every day that chorus, “We’re here for you!” The pharmacy, the grocery store, Walmart, my doctors, the hairdresser I went to briefly ten years ago, ditto a trainer and physical therapist. The universities I attended in … Continue reading →
[NOTE: Part I can be found here.] Flu (otherwise known as influenza) has been around far longer than COVID. Flu comes every year and it kills a lot of people. So one might think that we know a great deal … Continue reading →
What are you doing to keep yourselves busy? For me it’s rather simple. I still do a lot of reading and writing and thinking (hopefully not in that exact order). That’s what I do each day anyway, and it takes … Continue reading →
The “this” is that I’ve had a lot of internet trouble today. That always makes me break out into a cold sweat. It seems to have been fixed, but you never know. And right now I – like so many … Continue reading →
USNS Comfort comes to town: More photos here. Those photos conjure up childhood memories for me. I was born a few years after the end of WWII, but in my childhood there was still a lot of war consciousness. My … Continue reading →