Bread in captivity…
Year: 2025
Betwixtmas – The Week Time Forgot
You have entered the void. The wrapping paper is smashed in the trash, family feuds over politics and global warming are still ringing in your ears, the holiday feast has left you bloated, and Hallmark […]
Our Hypo-Allergenic Night Out
Saturday night found us–we hadn’t been missing that long–with our friends Ted and Sally at Nourriture, which is French for “food.” Tres simple! as we used to say in Madame Clooney’s 10th grade classe de Francais […]
How to Cheer Up a Sad Song
It is one of the most difficult problems of aesthetic philosophy: What do we mean when we say that a song or poem is sad? I’ve read Aristotle, Kant, Croce–Benedetto, not Jim–all the big names. […]
School of Snappy Comebacks Helps Sharpen Dull Wits
BRIGHTON, Mass. Al Bertold likes to joke that he’s been in adult education since he was a kid, and at the age of 75 that means he has a half century of experience providing vocational […]
A Very Special Crown Very Specially Made For Our Very Special New King
(Please excuse the spacing- this was a real $%##^&*(#@$%^ to edit!) (Also please excuse the lack of a photo- I don’t have the #$#%^#&$*% money to buy one!) The Leader of our Country has […]