MACAULAY NATION: DAY ONE

Just some impressions: More T-shirt colors than a crayola box…thanks to Rich Dikeman for getting Macaulay students so well outfitted.? Kudos to the students who managed to tie, trim, artfully […]

Mad Men

The Girl Who Played With Fire

Welcome Class of 2013! What I’d say if I wrote it down…..

Tomorrow is the first day of our three-day orientation for Macaulay freshmen…my fourth year as Dean.? Sort of my senior year, I guess, which makes next year, what — postgraduate? […]

Blog/Facebook/Twitter/email/text/call

I thought I knew how to communicate reasonably well….but lately there’s a nanosecond delay while I sort out the appropriate narrative mode. For instance, on today’s usual morning run, Harold […]

Back in the High Life

I liked the High Line almost as much as I like the Steve Winwood song of almost the same name.? But it’s hard to photograph, so take my word for […]

Justine, Lawrence Durrell

The Wire, season Three

Child 44 (audiobook)

Don’t blame us, we were only leaving a message for Sarah in Wasilla

Really, was it something we said? We stopped long enough in Wasilla to take this picture. Don’t ask what the welcome sign means.? Perhaps a frozen fish. We can’t tell […]