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Posted: March 18, 2026 in Readings, Uncategorized

www.newyorker.com/magazine/1933/09/02/frances-perkins-labor-secretary-profile-part-1

Posted: March 8, 2026 in My Weekly Reader, Uncategorized

www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/02/12/the-strange-and-twisted-life-of-frankenstein

Centuries before photography froze the world into neat frames, scientists, poets, and artists streamed transient images into dark interior spaces with the help of a camera obscura. Julie Park explores the early modern fascination with this quasi-spiritual technology and the magic, melancholy, and dream-like experiences it produced.
— Read on publicdomainreview.org/essay/the-early-modern-camera-obscura/

www.nytimes.com/2025/06/30/opinion/rachel-kushner-berkeley.html

a picture is worth a thousand words

www.newyorker.com/magazine/2011/12/19/the-sanctuary

www.nytimes.com/2023/09/23/opinion/henry-david-thoreau-time-crickets.html

“Petty” Theft (in every nuance)

Posted: September 11, 2023 in Uncategorized

So last week I played segments of this very rare CD (10 of 30) on my radio show….I guess someone really wanted it…it was stolen from my home in less than 2 days….some people just aren’t “people”

Why Movies

Posted: August 26, 2023 in My Weekly Reader, Uncategorized

www.nytimes.com/2023/08/23/magazine/carmen-de-lavallade-film.html