I’ve been reading a biography of the painter Edward Hopper. Perhaps “reading” is too strong a word; like many biographies these days, it’s way too long, in this case nearly 600 pages of text plus a ton of notes. So … Continue reading →
…blue. If you’re a lobster, that is. But there’s strength in numbers, and the numbers are growing.
Continue reading →I saw the Boston Ballet perform last night. The first dance was forgettable, the second a great classic, Jerome Robbins’ “Fancy Free.” That alone would have been worth the price of admission, with its Bernstein music, its swingy 40s ambiance, … Continue reading →
…get out of New England. A random warm day here and there is typical. But this spring we’ve been having sustained warm weather. Not just warm either, but warm/hot and sunny and relatively dry. I keep encountering people who automatically … Continue reading →
Or do you just think you do? Reading about the recent John Derbyshire flap started a train of thought for me that led to memories of the Boston school busing crisis of the 70s. I started to research the subject, … Continue reading →
…in New England. But only for a little while. March is usually quite cold here, and often snowy, although by then we can comfort ourselves with the idea that the long winter is nearly over. But this March it’s been … Continue reading →
I have about a thousand things I could write today. But they’ll have to wait for this evening (well, not all thousand of them, but I plan to tackle one or two) because I have some other tasks to do … Continue reading →
The following is a long video. You might want to watch the whole thing, or only a portion. But either way you’ll get an introduction to a gifted and exceedingly quirky individual: dancer Moses Pendleton, New Englander, scion of the … Continue reading →
It’s not so very unusual for a dusting of snow to occur in New England right around the beginning of November. But a more substantial snowfall is predicted: Simpson cautioned that the early snowfall is not an indication of what … Continue reading →
The state of Maine has raised its top speed limit to 75, but the new figure only applies to a 110-mile stretch of highway way up north (or downeast, whichever you prefer). That means it will probably affect about three … Continue reading →
Does Perry have a chance in the New Hampshire primaries? He certainly seems to think so. But of course, candidates have to talk a good game. But Perry is way behind Romney in New Hampshire right now. New Hampshire tends … Continue reading →
Hurricane Irene may be gone, but its aftermath isn’t. And although the effects were nowhere near as bad as originally predicted, for some communities they are still very bad indeed. Rivers are still rising in New Jersey. And landlocked Vermont—of … Continue reading →