. So I went to the International Antiquarian Book Fair in New York, a huge affair occupying the entire 38,575 sqft exhibition space of the Park Avenue Armory on a single-day ticket for $32. I spent 2½ hours there until my eyes glazed over. I was carrying three catalogs in my hand for lack of … Continue reading
Odysseus | Myth, Significance, Trojan War, & Odyssey | Britannica “NASA science is set to land on the Moon aboard Odysseus, Intuitive Machines’ uncrewed autonomous lander. Touchdown is now targeted for 6:24 p.m. EST (2324 UTC) Thursday, Feb. 22, 2024. The NASA payloads aboard the lander aim to help us learn more about terrain … Continue reading
A republic that allows the basis of its own existence to be eliminated has clearly the wrong laws. Seriously! If someone like Trump — suspect from the outset of attempting to eliminate the rules of democracy and the very Constitution he is sworn to uphold, and having been caught in one attempt … Continue reading
. In the unfinished attic of my parents’ house — unfinished because the most important thing after the incendiary bomb had struck 80 years ago, on February 4, 1944, was to put a roof back on — I found boxes with unpacked things, an old stroller, Mickey Mouse cartoons, illustrated children’s books and magazines from the … Continue reading
from THE FREE PRESS, Dec 4, 2023 . It’s been all over the local news: Fergie Chambers, self-styled left-wing revolutionary and heir of a billionaire, is using his $250M family payout to establish a commune in Alford, in the town of Great Barrington. He has bought land some place on East Road, and set up … Continue reading
. The other day, in Manhattan, I noticed a remarkable proliferation of a statement welded onto gigantic steel plates used to cover holes on the street, the ones that go perplank! when a car runs over it. Here are only a few examples of it. The statement is a simple word, TRIUMPH. Nowadays, our tired … Continue reading
. I didn’t want to make a lot of fuss about it, but earlier this year I found two iron butterflies. The first one in particular is recognizable by its shape, and by the rebar that is popping out of the concrete, reminiscent of the strange dragon-like patterns on the original album of our friends … Continue reading
. Walking up and down on Rowe Road the other day, on a cold day — but Rowe Road is always sheltered from wind — I saw patterns everywhere, and this is the photo journal from that day. . . .
“North America prior to illegal immigration” – a map I found on Mastodon “Australia prior to illegal immigration” – Connection And Wellbeing Australia (CAWA PTY LTD) 2016 Three recent news items attracted my attention: The first one was a map of North America with its native peoples in 1491, “prior to illegal immigration” — … Continue reading
