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Things are good. Home for the holidays, with H, A, sweet B, and J the W arriving tomorrow, and friends all around. Take it away, Billie Holiday… When we want to love we loveWhen we want to kiss, we kissWith … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: December 2008
Here’s a cool thing that may be old hat to others but that I’d never seen before: a music review (“Top 10 Jazz Albums of 2008,” in this case) with sound clips built in. … Continue reading
Everyone’s made it to their destinations. The weather in Minnesota was closing in when I left, and the plane needed two de-icings before the pilot was satisfied to fly, but my prosaic flights were essentially hitchless. More important, The Great … Continue reading
Years ago I worked for a magazine that required me to travel a lot. I went to some great places met lots of interesting people, but basically I hated it. H was little then, and colleagues would joke that I … Continue reading
It’s bitter cold out (surprise, surprise), and a small crew with a huge truck is here marking, inventorying, and shifting boxes and pieces of furniture that will fill part of the trailer and make their next appearance in Concord, New … Continue reading
He’s never been one of my favorites, but the older I get the more I appreciate Tony Bennett. A perceptive and fascinating review by Ben Ratliff from this morning’s New York Times. … Continue reading
From Minnesota Public Radio, a very cool internet service “filled with an eclectic mix of acoustic, Americana, and roots music.” This description doesn’t do the station justice, though. A one-hour playlist gives you a better idea: 9:58 Randy Weeks – … Continue reading
I’ve discovered Adobe’s web-based, collaborative (if you want it to be) word processing program, Buzzword. It is similar in many ways to Google Docs, which I’ve written about, though, to me, more attractive and welcoming (though perhaps a little slow?). … Continue reading
B sometimes wakes up hard from her naps, fussing, crying, and flailing about with her little arms. This afternoon, she gave an especially dramatic performance, and that old Neil Sedaka song, Waking Up is Hard to Do popped into my … Continue reading
A holiday message from Authors Guild president, the very funny Roy Blount, Jr. Yes! Support your local independent bookstore. If you don’t have one (and fewer of us do these days), let me recommend doing business on the internet or … Continue reading