

ALVIN AILEY
Back in 1975, my wife and I got the opportunity to vary our traditional practice of seeing the American Ballet Theatre or the New York...


WORDSWORDSWORDS#3 (Cliche/Couldn'tCareLess/Hold the Fort)
More change! It was probably about twenty years ago that I first noticed the appearance of the word "cliche" as an adjective in addition...


LADY SOUL
When I was in my early teens, I used to listen to Top 40 radio on WABC am radio from New York, a ubiquitous voice blaring from transistor...

THE FUNNY PAGES: Calvin and Hobbes
There were many motifs that ran through the strip, sparked by Calvin's vivid imagination. He travelled through the cosmos as a spaceman...


ALICE WATERS
Back in the day, chic New York City restaurants were typically French. Their famous entrees were traditionally prepared with a variety...


WORDSWORDSWORDS#2 (Primer/Caribbean)
One of the great language mysteries is the way words change in some significant way almost without reason. On the other hand, that's the...


PEG
I have spent a lot of time dissing certain types of music in these blog posts. I have complained about the poverty of talent and the...


WORDSWORDSWORDS#1 (Schism/Acumen)
I'm sure you all recognize the line "Words, words, words." from Hamlet. It's his response to Polonius's question "What do you read, my...

TINKER, TAILOR (THE REREADING SERIES PART 3)
After rereading John LeCarre's espionage thriller The Spy Who Came in from the Cold to great satisfaction, I decided to pick up my...


SILVER AGED WONDER
I grew up in the world of comic books, what today to collectors has come to be known as the Silver Age. Comic books really began in the...