The Value of a Liberal Arts Education (Bracha)

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 […]

Hello! (Bracha)

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. […]

When my blog went AWOL

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 […]

Blog-o-disaster!

I do love end of the world movies.  In fact, I saw 2012 today, which was bad enough to be campy, so you know I have a serious lack of […]

Wolf Hall

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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. […]

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 […]

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 […]