This Thanksgiving did you host relatives?  Or were you a guest ?  Is your family hospitable , or do family dynamics get hostile ?...

        Thanksgiving is always billed as a harvest festival, although I must say there’s never a lot of harvesting going on in my garden ...

        This post is an odd sort of book review, because it’s about three series of which I’ve read only one.  These books represent one ser...

        Last week T performed in a cello recital.  (She played the waltz from Tchaikowsky’s “Sleeping Beauty” and did a great job.  I’m so p...

        Yesterday I visited a group of fourth graders to talk to them about writing well-rounded characters.  One of the big points I try...

        It must have been some 25 years ago that I saw an exhibit of ancient Greek and Roman miniature bronzes.  There were assorted gods...

        A little while ago my radio station of choice played music from Rimsky-Korsakov’s opera “The Legend of the Invisible City of Kitez...

        If you’ve been following this blog long, you know that I love alphabets and I love imaginary animals.  (To get an idea how much, c...

        I’m a little busy right now - I spent the morning hanging a show at the Dover library, and I’ll spend the rest of the day finishing ...