Black Dog in White Snow

"Since he was capable of observing, he grew fond of observing in silence. ... And if it was necessary to focus the gaze and remain on the lookout for hours and days, even for years, well there was no finer thing that this to do." -- Amos Oz, "To Know a Woman"

Saturday, August 19, 2023

When the Light Comes Up Slowly, Slowly

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He says, “You are very brave.” She lowers the bucket. “What is your name?” He tells her. She says, “When I lost my sight, Werner, people sai...
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Tuesday, March 22, 2022

A Very Lucky Young Lady: The Worst Person in the World

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 ( Reader alert: despite my best efforts I may not have succeeded in disguising certain spoiler alerts ) “I feel like I’m playing a supporti...
Saturday, December 11, 2021

Prague: A Fairy Tale in Stone

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  Hradcany Castle and the St. Vitus Cathedral enclosed in the castle walls, loom over the city of Prague like its own 24-hour star—luminesce...
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Saturday, October 16, 2021

Chimney Swifts and Quarantine (Written January 2021)

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  I was visiting a friend in B altimore, a bird-lover who was taking me to the spot of a seasonal birdwatching attraction: the roosting of a...
Tuesday, March 2, 2021

Dying in February (or Sometimes It Isn't All Pleasure. Sometimes You Suffer)

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  It seems so quaint now in my memory, a long-ago scandal that nevertheless feels familiar with its stock characters and set pieces, preserv...
Sunday, February 14, 2021

It Will More Than Do: Jamie Raskin, National Hero

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The presentation for the prosecution by Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) during this past week’s remarkable Senate hearing was very simply magnificent. ...
Saturday, January 30, 2021

The Cesspool that is Political Facebook and The Need to be Heard (or The Only News You Really Need to Know)

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  Didn’t Paul Simon have a song long ago that went, “ I get all the news that I need from the weather report…. ”? I like that guy, the guy...
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