Parents
May 18, 2010
Watched and enjoyed two-thirds of Peter Bogdanovitch's documentary on Tom Petty last night. Another delight of the BBC's superb website and still an hour to ... [read more]
Why a web site?
A place for enthusiasms, in a similar way to my too often reading out to the family bits from what I am reading , presupposing they are a) interested and b) not doing anything too important to be interrupted. This way, lots of such reading outs can happen quietly, available more conveniently than when I burst out with one of them to whoever is near.
Funny sort of day
May 6, 2010
General election campaigning is all over today so been to vote at the Civic Centre for one of the candidates who promises to sort out ... [read more]
Today in New York and here
April 29, 2010
I see Sting is selling his little pad on Central Park. Probably a bit too small for him. Our house overlooks a park too. Not ... [read more]
Americana on Flickr
April 11, 2010
Just spent a satisfyingly idle hour on Flickr looking at a slideshow of one photographer's work. He clearly loves America - classic cars, people and ... [read more]
Emerson, Jewett and Maine
March 10, 2010
Sounds like a firm of solicitors or a band. Today we talked about The Country of the Pointed Firs by Sarah Orne Jewett, set on ... [read more]
