I am in here.
To NYC this morning for turkey days… but what to do before/after turkey has been consumed? Maybe I’ll go to the MMA and see my favorite tea cups. I haven’t visited them in over 20 years. They are Chinese, from the Sung dynasty (about 1100 or 1200). One has Rabbit’s Fur glaze, and one has … Continue reading morning travel
Got my copy of the latest edition of The National Geographic Field Guide To The Birds Of North America, and am planning all sorts of forays into the local wilderness, such as it is. What I like about birding (one of the many things, that is) is that it has shown me how thin the … Continue reading out into the REAL world
I could write my own opinions down. In fact, I do, with startling (to me, at any rate) frequency. But Phyllis Chesler does it so well…. The Brownshirts of Our Time […]Instead, I took a deep breath and said that I did not respect people who hijacked airplanes or hijacked conferences or who, at this … Continue reading further elaboration
When so much about Israel today seems (to a newly-converting and hence newly-aware person like me) to focus on a piece of real estate the size of New Jersey as the source of all evil in the world, it’s an actual relief to stumble across a proper contemporary history of Israel. It has always seemed … Continue reading a proper history
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