Gee, Brain, what do you want to do tonight? The same thing we do every night, Pinky. TRY TO TAKE OVER THE WORLD. Now, don’t laugh. I’m taking over the world and have already indoctrinated quite a few students into my English’s major cult. How do I know that are we— little girls who like […]
Hello! (Bracha)
March 17, 2010 by
Why, hello… Introduction are in order, methinks. I’m a graduating Macaulay Honors College senior @ Brooklyn College majoring in English and Biology. I love Kandinsky, cupcakes and William Carlos Williams. In addition to re-constructing the blog and fixing all those broken links, I will be guest-blogging (you’ll know it’s me posting when you see my […]
When my blog went AWOL
January 14, 2010 by
Thanks to my colleague Joe Ugoretz, some of my content is back….but a lot still missing. I am debating the effort to reconstruct v. start all over again. While I continue to dither, here’s something that delighted me: Sala’s Gift is a top library book in Brattleboro, Vermont. I have never been there, but hey, […]
Wolf Hall
December 20, 2009 by
Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel My rating: 3 of 5 stars oh, but there is SO MUCH of it! I don’t normally kvetch about long books, but this one just will not end. I am listening to it as an audio book, but also switching off to the hard copy, and both are making me […]
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!
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.
Back in the lower 48
June 24, 2009 by
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 […]
There’s no place like Nome
June 12, 2009 by
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
June 3, 2009 by
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 […]