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Pissing Match
It has been attributed to many famous people who never said it, including Benjamin Franklin and Mark Twain. No matter its origins, there is a lot of truth to the idea that you should “Never pick a fight with anyone who buys ink by the barrel and paper by the ton.” As a publicity-seeker, you […]
A Thousand Years Of Peace
With all the turmoil in the world, I thought perhaps revisiting a place of peace might be nice for all of us on this Sunday. This post first ran in 2015, and I have repeated it a couple of times since. Anything free when you are traveling is a good thing, given that travel can […]
New Every Evening
It has been more than a year since we moved to a 20th floor apartment. I have yet to tire of the view, especially the sunsets. This one was Friday night
Well Said
Frank Bruni in the New York Times, August 27, 2026: Trump strikes me not as an aberration who had the luck of flawed opponents, a feckless Democratic Party and a system in which the Electoral College rather than the popular vote decides presidential elections, which is, of course, how he won in 2016. He’s an […]
Filling the Space
I have three posts I was considering for today. This isn’t one of them. I’m on vacation. Most of this week’s posts were completed last week. The weather has been great and I have been spending 12 hours or more daily on the beach. Finishing a blog post requires motivation. Motivation requires rain. Even for […]
Googin’s Rocks 2026
For some unknown reason having to do with algorithms and search engines, a lot of the people who discover this space do so though Googin’s Rocks. I have no idea why. but my previous posts of these outcrops in the Atlantic at Old Orchard Beach, Maine, are among the most viewed posts here. I didn’t […]
Tastes Like Summer
There’s a phrase from my childhood. Probably from yours too. “Your eyes are bigger than your stomach.” Yes, I ate it all. No, I won’t do it again. On a warm summer evening ice cream melts almost faster than you can eat it. Okay, I will do it again, but next time a small come, […]
Friday’s Question
My umbrella broke. No complaints – it had served me well and faithfully. I didn’t buy a new umbrella. No need, there was another one in the house, though it was a little bigger. The umbrella I used for years was basic black and collapsible. It would fit in the computer bag I carry, or […]
Is It Art?
It’s been a week full of family events, including a trip to the National Gallery, where I cam across this stack of boxes that at one time (and maybe still) contained steel wool scouring pads. There are eight in the pile – you can’t see the ones at the back. So our Friday question: Is […]
Playing It Safe
I keep writing posts for this space and then not sharing them. It’s the world these days. I want to examine the turmoil in the Middle East, especially the battles in Iran and Lebanon that are impacting prices everywhere. But the situation is so volatile that I am worried about posting something that is out […]
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