Month: December 2009
Spend some time here; forget the naysayers (and some of them, friends of mine, think that because the water’s always been there, it always will be); buzz over to Delano’s gallery; think about how rapidly the climate is changing–and then…
Okay, I’m still trying to wrap my head around this NYTimes article about the rise in book theft. Could it be that people are finally waking up the value of books? Naw . . . that would be too…
There’s this great line Faye Dunaway has in Bonnie and Clyde: “We rob banks.” (If you’ve never seen the movie, do. In another incarnation, I studied and wrote articles about film and I still think it must be glorious to…
I have never commented on a show–or even this one–before, but I will now because the finale raises so many interesting questions in terms of what a writer might choose to do at this point. And, yeah, I love the…
As some of you know, I live in a small village in rural Wisconsin, and ours is the only mezuzah in town. Now, there is a pretty good-sized town just four miles away, and that was once a pretty vibrant…
Anyone who doubts the vitality of the written word or the viability of independent bookstores should take a trip to Ireland. I just got back and while I saw my share of ruined castles and crumbling monasteries, what really hit…
