In October, I attended the Harvard Bookstore launch of Hester Kaplan’s memoir Twice Born: Finding my Father in the Margins of Biography. For anyone who is not […]
Disappointment!
I so admire Katie Kitamura’s prose that I really wanted to like her new novel Audition, but it simply did not work for me. While […]
Off to Sweden Soon
Five more days until my trip to Sweden! I’m staying two weeks this time, way up north again near the Arctic Circle. Before leaving, I […]
View from Mass General
Bostonians are fortunate to have an excellent hospital like Mass General! Here’s the view from the ninth floor. You can see the golden dome of […]
Back in the USA
I’ve been home from Sweden for two weeks. Here’s a photo of one of my favorite buildings up in Lulea, a small city 100 miles […]
Books I’m Reading
Over the next month, I will read Allegra Goodman’s Isola, Ben Shattuck’s The History of Sound, and Weina Ramsel’s The Master Jeweler. All three authors […]
Urging Others to Speak Out
On GPS, Fareed Zakaria’s CNN Sunday morning news program, Brown scholar Omer Bartov stated Sunday that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza. Meanwhile, the IDF […]
Finding Solace in Nature
At a time when our country seems to be heading down the wrong path, I find solace with nature. Out into the garden I go. […]
Some Good News …
I’m excited to announce that I have signed a contract with Koehler Books to publish my memoir, SEEING JOY, A Story of Life, Death, and […]
In Praise of Hospitals
My goodness me. How fortunate we are here in Boston to have excellent hospitals! Today I had an appointment at Massachusetts General Brigham. This appointment […]