Wednesday, January 21, 2026

Winter Notes: On Patti Smith, the Met Opera and a Found Coat

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  My favorite paragraph from Patti Smith’s   Bread of Angels : “That spring, the lilacs bloomed, the long-haired branches of our ancient wil...
Monday, December 29, 2025

Saying Good-bye, Christmas 2025

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Dropping our son off at the airport I expected I might cry a little, but the airport drop-off scene   was so  intense and manic that all my ...
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Tuesday, October 28, 2025

Book Notes from Paris: Saint-Exupéry, Claude Kogan, Kerouac

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Terre Des Hommes/Wind, Sand and Stars Gallimard, the famous French publisher, also has a gallery a few blocks from their Paris  store.  We w...
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Tuesday, May 20, 2025

May 20: a selection of words from the journals of cherished artists written on this day

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  May 20: Roman Catholic Feast Day of St. Bernardine of Siena, Confessor The Republic of Siena was the country of St. Bernardine.  He was bo...
Friday, May 2, 2025

Notes on my "needing" a climbing guide book, Berner Allen~

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  I bought so many books in March I declared a book-buying moratorium for April.     When a book  arrived  by mail on April 7, Aisha accused...
Thursday, April 10, 2025

Puce, or Running Down a Word

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We were talking about clutter, specifically all these clothes I don’t wear.   I only really wear two pairs of pants, I admit. And you have t...
Friday, March 14, 2025

Books I Saved from the Fire, or Answers to Questions You Didn’t Ask

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Books on your nightstand?                     This is not curated.  These are the books that are actually there.                   •  The Ar...