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Leaving 2010 with a list
We bought a house, battled illness, and expanded our family by one former stray cat named Serena ( Read more... ) -
Some holiday memories and ghosts of future past
I grew up in the Golden Age of the television Christmas special, when almost every televsion show would have a "Christmas" episode. Sometimes, this led to some glitches in continuity, when the once-green, summer-all-year-round world of our friends in TV Land turned snow-covered white ( Read more... ) -
Moving Pictures
Hi, everyone. I haven't updated my blog as frequently as I'd like, but with a very happy excuse. Larry and I have just bought a new home and are in the midst of packing up our earthly (and some unearthly, it sometimes seems) goods. It's a long process but we are thrilled and thanks to all our friends for their good wishes ( Read more... ) -
Happy Shem El Nessim -- Now spring is really here!
This post goes out to all my beloved friends in Egypt, where I visited in 2006 and 2007, and inshallah will visit again some day soon. I went to learn more about Egypt's history, contemporary issues, cultural heritage, and to further my studies of Oriental and folkloric dances, Arabic language and Islamic culture ( Read more... ) -
Good Friday and the birds and the bees
If religion or spirituality is not your bag you may want to move on to other fare. I'm a Catholic and while I do not work to spread my beliefs around, I make no apology for expressing them in my own blog. I also feel no need to explain whether I agree or disagree with the Church on various matters -- not when my aim is writing from a personal place ( Read more... ) -
Taking it by the rains
Here in the northeast, it's been pretty much a nonstop downpour for the past 48 hours. Rivers are rising, driveways are swimming pools, basements are baths, and lots of creatures have forced out of their nests and hiding spots ( Read more... ) -
Happy birthday, Leonard Nimoy
He's one of the coolest people, ever, and he's from Boston, too! Born March 26, 1931.
Mission Impossible
Star Trek
In Search Of...
So much greatness in one career! Here is a classic clip on "Big Foot."
Here he is, explaining Spock's greeting.
Everyone is saying it everywhere, but it totally fits -- may he live long, and prosper. -
A Song for Ireland
When your mom is from Ireland and your dad is from the Boston neighborhood of Charlestown, certain things are going to be a given in your life and one of them is music ( Read more... ) -
Poetry, music, many muses -- Parker, Kerouac, Snyder, Amram, Creeley
This entire weekend -- and the next few days -- will be filled with poetry, jazz and memories from Be Bop and the Beats, the San Francisco Renaissance, and cool from east and west coast ( Read more... )
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