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Hiking Notes #3; “Spell of the Snow Hole, Part I” [by Cassandra Cleghorn]
Here's the third in my series of Hiking Notes — thinking about what happens to my writing mind when I take to the trail. The Snow Hole, a popular hiker's destination in the Berkshires,…
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Squibs 309—312 [by Alan Ziegler]
309: I have an appointment with my room. But my room doesn’t show. I wait and wait but there’s nowhere to sit, nothing to read. My legs grow weary, so I go home. And there’s…
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“Signs of the Times” by David Lehman [reviewed by Merle Rubin}
A favorable review will warm an author's heart even if he becomes aware of it some twenty-eight years — to the day — after it was published. De Man's Deconstruction [in the Christian Science…
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Hiking Notes #2: “Tasting Otherness” [by Cassandra Cleghorn]
If you haven't read Day #1, take a glance back — it will orient you as to my purpose and place. Short version of my blogs this week: writing and hiking. In the next…
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Cielito Lindo: Ay, Ay, Ay, Ay / Canta Y No Llores
To celebrate life, drink in hand, at a Mediterranean or Caribbean beach, burst spontaneously into Cielito Lindo: Ay, ay, ay, ayCanta y no lloresPorque cantando se alegranCielito lindo, los corazones Sing, don't cryBecause when…
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Met Percent: Week One [by Alec Bernstein]
The Met Percent Q: If I move to NYC, which I did, could I walk to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, view the collection, gallery by gallery, in ascending order, and how long would…
