Life’s a blur
Lately, life has been a blur — not of Republicans and meat, as Zippy said, but of intense gardening and...
I got a letter from my Fred
Thanks to J. Eric Smith for reminding me of last summer’s extensive (and never really quite closed-out) Joe Cocker Phase,...
Where have all the bonnet bleachers gone?
I started out on a hunt for information on a local building that’s undergoing demolition, and finding nothing on the...
Okay so it’s May already
A busy busy week last week capped off with what was NOT the swine flu but which was about the...
Spring at last
Or maybe summer. The furnace was on Friday morning, it was in the low 40s, and then the next day...
Culinary hints
These days it seems there’s just about no dish that isn’t improved by adding a little onion and mushroom to...
National Savings Bank
At Howard and South Pearl Streets, the magnificent old National Savings Bank tower (and the much less magnificent corner of...
Would you believe?
The find of the week at our wonderful library: DVDs of the first season of “Get Smart,” the brilliant Mel...