The old pagan folks knew their weather cycles well. They marked the equinoxes — the day when light and dark are near equal — and the solstices — when daylight and darkness turnabout for mastery over our days. But they also marked other, intermediate days and nights in the wheel …
Have you seen the photographs and news footage of people standing in long lines — ridiculously, prohibitively, intimidatingly long lines — waiting to vote? I did, and found myself furious all over again. It is beyond absurd. At this point, there’s little we can do to remove state-imposed barriers to …
My dear mama has been a yellow-dog-Democrat since forever. If you’re unfamiliar with the phrase, it means “I’ll vote for a yellow dog before I’ll vote for a Republican.” I don’t blame her one bit for holding this rather harsh view. As a person, a Republican elected official may be …
New Yorkers have a reputation as notorious multi-taskers. They think nothing of noshing a bagel while juggling their carefully folded New York Times, striking a quick deal on their cell phones when the D train dashes across the Manhattan Bridge, one arm wrapped around a pole in the swaying car …
Pouring rain this Tuesday morning. Lightning flashes. Thunder follows… it can never find us here. “You’re my witness, I’m your mutineer.” Pines on the Priory’s skyline were like twiggy Rorschach tests, blotted against the somber grey sky, barely lighter than they are… if inkblots could sway. High winds, and high …
I recently found myself re-reading a New York Times op-ed letter written by Captain Chesney “Sully” Sullenberger. Published in January of this year, he took aim at the cruelty of Tribe Trump by talking about his own experience as a child with a severe stutter. Captain Sully called out Lara …
This little post is for all fans of Broadway and those who like to puncture the pompous. It features Randy Rainbow and [gasp!] Old Northportian (and multiple Tony, Grammy and Olivier award-winner) Patti LuPone. Enjoy… (Caution: Contains mild swearing and fabulous costumes. May provoke laughing out loud. Put your martini …
There’s a recent Op-Ed in the Times that talks about false choices. Republican politicians seem very fond of them, as do some of the Big Business boosters out there. Thomas Friedman cites an example or two. For example, “We can wear masks and social distance OR we can open our …
Every American should be able to exercise their right to vote. I strenuously disagree with the notion promoted by some state legislatures that “voting is … a privilege to be enjoyed by “worthy” people and not by others.” I can think of few more shameful civic behaviors in America than …
I wish I could remember just where, quite recently, I heard about the Dutch concept of uitwaaien, which loosely translated means taking a wind-bath. The idea, as best I recall, is that going out for a walk or run or bike-ride in windy weather improves one’s outlook by sweeping healing …
