Osmo Vänskä Illustration by André Carrilho I was in the doctor’s office yesterday to have my pinky sutures out, thumbing obligatorily through The New Yorker, and came upon this excellent example of music criticism by Alex Ross. I haven’t … Continue reading
A little damp out there this morning. Ten degrees colder, and this would have been a heck of a snow storm. It’s still sheeting down, the rivers are rising, and some schools are closed because of possible flooding. Definitely one … Continue reading
I really enjoyed this short piece in the New York Times this morning. It’s always interesting to hear how interesting artists came to their art. Along (very roughly) the lines of Felsenfeld’s experience, I’ve often wondered why MTV doesn’t occasionally … Continue reading
I guess I’m in a writery-thinkery mode. If you’re in a readery-writery mode, try this from T.C. Boyle (go almost to the bottom and click on “This Monkey, My Back.”) I’ve also just discovered KCRW’s Bookworm podcast. And for those … Continue reading
This post from a little while back on Linda Cracknell’s excellent Walking and Writing blog took me to this feature in The Guardian. Lots of the usual strongly held but yawn-worthy prescriptions and proscriptions about adverbs and adjectives, exclamation points, … Continue reading
Sweet B is still using her Bushbaby Mini pack when she’s out for a walk. A minor issue has developed: she now prefers to hold her own leash. What she really loves are what in our family are called “monkey … Continue reading
Well, I broke another one. While I was nannying sweet B for those six months, I managed to do in most of the dozen wine glasses H and A got as a wedding gift. I don’t know why…I’d never been … Continue reading
A really interesting article in yesterday’s New York Times about archiving digital material, featuring Salmon Rushdie and Emory University, my niece R’s alma mater. “…archivists are finding themselves trying to fend off digital extinction at the same time that they … Continue reading
There was a crew of us here tonight to enjoy an especially engaging sweet B: grandparents, great-grandfather, and great-godparents (if that isn’t a thing, it should be). She called each of us by name, modeled her new shoes, demonstrated her … Continue reading
I had my first nice-weather shuffle of the year yesterday. It will get cold and snowy again before spring really arrives, but we’re all beginning to get that annual feeling that winter will, finally, eventually, one of these days, not … Continue reading