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 fray those shirts into fashion statements.? Many bows to the weather gods who delivered a bright sunny dry lovely day.? (Or does the remarkable Autumn […]
Mad Men
August 23, 2009 by
The Girl Who Played With Fire
August 23, 2009 by
Welcome Class of 2013! What I’d say if I wrote it down…..
August 23, 2009 by
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? It is my role to give welcoming remarks.? What can you possibly say to 444 students who are embarking on that great adventure, college?? Especially […]
Blog/Facebook/Twitter/email/text/call
August 23, 2009 by
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 and I were shocked to see the ocean breach just west of Kismet.? Made the Burma road ( our local term for the dirt portion […]
Back in the High Life
July 21, 2009 by
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 it.? Go there!
Justine, Lawrence Durrell
July 16, 2009 by
The Wire, season Three
July 13, 2009 by
Child 44 (audiobook)
July 13, 2009 by
Don’t blame us, we were only leaving a message for Sarah in Wasilla
July 3, 2009 by
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 you our message for Sarah.? Two weeks later, she resigned.? Time will tell whether our message was received.