While watching an August 10, 2023, PBS NewsHour piece on the just-ended Taylor Swift tour, and Swift’s one billion dollars in ticket sales, I heard
From an occasional series, “It made Me Think,” from 2015. I woke up in the middle of the night on June 12, 2015 and thought
Edited by O. Jaeger On Tuesday, June 6 I headed out of my building in Kew Gardens to go to a local supermarket to pick
I was standing at the corner of Lefferts Boulevard and Cuthbert Road in Kew Gardens one early Saturday afternoon in late May 2015. Sara and
From the Sweeten web site and dated September 19, 2019. A piece I wrote for Sweeten following a renovation handled by a great contractor, Frank
Before I begin, I want you to understand that river cruises are whatever you make of them. They’re good for some, and not so good
Dear Ms. Brewer: I contracted COVID for the second time on March 9, 2023 while visiting my daughter, son-in-law, and granddaughter in Towson, MD. I
A piece that appeared on Steve Simels’ great Power Pop Blog on May 13, 2020, following Simels’ praise of a Willie Nile cover of Reed’s
Perhaps I was going for sullen, perhaps I wanted to convey ennui (having learned the meaning of the term as a teen, but having dropped
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