"All music in the U.S.A. is too loud." – Brian Eno A Letter Dear Sparrow & Co.: My daughter pointed out that the Olive Free Library sounds like it means "a library without olives." J. B. Did you see the cloud resembling a striped beach towel over Mount Tremper last Thursday? My friends recommend the […]
10 Today
Today’s Ten People are the ex-flatmate breezing lazily in to lift a saucepan as if it is a nest-egg left to mature, now required to be invested somewhere else; the dizzy girl in the supermarket balancing breakfast biscuits on her head (cream-filled); the pensioner with unexplained mud-streaks on his trousers who walks straight through […]
Simply having a wonderful… New Year’s time?
A gander down the high streets through this European city in December has all the festive spirit of an American suburban shopping mall. The light posts are covered in garland and holly. Santa Claus in his rotund, velveteen splendor makes his usual appearance in storefront windows. Pine trees bedecked with shimmering bulbs and twinkling lights […]
Candidates Debate Marked by Rhetoric and Half-Truths
Dobbs Ferry, New York 10522, October 30, 2006 The annual Candidates’ Debate was hosted by the League of Women Voters last night at the Embassy Center. Six candidates for the office of Village Trustee squared off in a raucous, not-holds-barred verbal firefight. As the bulky black microphone was passed from quivering hand to quivering hand […]
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