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Down to New England 3: Jerry and Doffy

Down to New England 3: Jerry and Doffy

June 24th, 2014 | Genealogy, Health, Memory, Time Passes, Travel

When last I saw him, the  blue and lavender and green plaid cotton shirt Jerry was wearing made his bleached-denim eyes bright. The reason to travel to Damariscotta, Maine, was to have more time with Jerry before he loses his way in Time, to have dinner with Doffy and...
Matthew Adelberg: Lineage

Matthew Adelberg: Lineage

January 29th, 2014 | Education, Friends, Genealogy, General, Health, Memory, visual arts

Matthew Adelberg turned twenty-one a few days past; when I look at the artist who once was a student in my art history classroom, I see something closer to the boy at his bar mitzvah. This exhibition at the Dadian Gallery at Wesley Theological Seminary in Washington...
Sea Cloud 2: Swells and Sails

Sea Cloud 2: Swells and Sails

January 21st, 2014 | Gardens and Gardening, Genealogy, General, Health, the world and Mother Nature, Travel

“The engine drives the boat through the water,” Peter Warwick, the naval specialist on the cruise said. “With the sails up, she moves with the water.” The feeling, the difference, was evident even to a landlubber like me. Last night as we sailed toward St. Barts, a...
Lietuva 10: Random Thoughts

Lietuva 10: Random Thoughts

May 28th, 2012 | Cooking, Kitchen and Table, Education, Gardens and Gardening, General, Health, Shopping, Travel

The fragrance of Lithuania in May is lilac with a hint of lily-of-the-valley. It is best not to start a two-week vacation with a fall and a sprained ankle. It is worse to start a two-week vacation with a fall and a broken ankle, so count your blessings. Wherever you...
The New York Times and the Ethics of Eating Meat

The New York Times and the Ethics of Eating Meat

April 30th, 2012 | Cooking, Kitchen and Table, General, Health, Politics, Popular Culture, Society at Large, the world and Mother Nature

The New York Times sponsored a contest: “Defending your Dinner: An Open Contest for Hungry Ethicists.” I’m a sucker for contests, raffles and such, even though I never win. This effort met with predictable results. Because I was curious about when...
At 60 you’re just getting started?

At 60 you’re just getting started?

February 2nd, 2012 | Friends, Health, Memory, Popular Culture, Time Passes, Women

The morning of January 28 dawned bright and mild. At 11:00, doors would open to the party we had planned for ourselves to celebrate my 60th, my Dear One’s 78th, the 2nd anniversary of our marriage and my Tattooed Boy’s 30th, and all of which fall with a...
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