Waiting (ebook)

Scarecrow by Michael Connelly (audiobook)

Ann learns a new trick, thanks NPR

Back in the lower 48

An extraordinary few weeks…Nome!? it’s true, no place like…. Who could anticipate people like Sue Greenly, Laura Samuelson, Marguerite La Riviere?? I am so grateful to my friends in Nome. or imagine panning for gold at midnight on the beach?? or hiking with such delight in Denali? The Northface Lodge is the most wonderful place […]

Dickens followed me to Alaska

There’s no place like Nome

I’m in Anchorage now, after nearly a week in Nome:? a place of contradictions and delights and warmth, and yes, cold.? On the day I arrived, the beautiful Bering Sea was full of huge ice floes.? By the time I left, the ice was gone. A researcher rolls into town with expectations and fears.? With […]

MACAULAY CLASS of 2009

Wonderful convocation!? Our first at Alice Tully Hall.? Holds nearly one thousand, and almost every seat was filled.? Thanks to Marshal Professor Roni Natov, who brought the graduates across Broadway safely and with elan.? Thanks to Autumn Payne, who ran over 100 events at Macaulay this year; this one, the biggest, and the best.? Thanks […]

Peter’s return home on Sunday afternoon

No pictures but lots of good news….Peter came home this afternoon. ? He has a Zabar’s feast awaiting him when he wakes up.

Peter does pizza…al fresco

I lied….one more Peter update before convocation….maybe I will lie again to tell you when he’s home. But here’s what happened today. Peter’s sisters take him outdoors:

MONDAY JUNE 1 almost here!

900a????? Macaulay Class of 2009 gathers at W 67th for robes, pix, and assembles for procession, led by Prof. Roni Natov 1000a??? Convocation begins at Alice Tully Hall! We will be joined by Chairman of the Board of Trustees of CUNY Benno Schmidt, Chancellor Matthew Goldstein, President Morales of CSI, President Waldron of Baruch, President […]