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Uruguay Leads the Way
What do I know about Uruguay? Very little. But a short but glowing, article in August 25, 2013 NY Times Sunday Review described the South American country on the move with lots of foreign investment and progressive social attitudes. They … Continue reading
Twenty Feet to Stardom
And the colored girls go “Doo do doo do doo do do doo…” Thus Lou Reed’s Walk on the Wild Side begins Twenty Feet from Stardom, a movie ostensibly about backup singers that is really about how we all endure, and … Continue reading
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Tagged Bette Midler, Bruce Springsteen, Claudia Lennear, Darlene Love, Gimme Shelter, How Can I Ease the Pain, Jo Lawry, Judith Knight, Lisa Fischer, Lou Reed, Merry Clayton, Michael Jackson, Mick Jagger, Phil Spector, Stevie Wonder, Sting, Tata Vega, The Blossoms, The Rolling Stones, Twenty Feet to Stardom, Walk on the Wild Side, Waters family
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Exploring Buddhism
I attended a welcome session and mediation at a Buddhist center in Cambridge the other night. There was so much not to think about.
Same Little Boy – All Grown up
The ENR McGraw-Hill 2013 Best Global Projects Awards was well organized, like most social events orchestrated by engineers. Dinner prompt at 6:30; alphabetically ordered project descriptions at 7:30. Winning teams paraded to the platform in business suits; there was only … Continue reading
The Gene of Loss
Last weekend was Easter. We had a great brunch; both of my children came as did some of their friends. They both shove off to distant places this summer; Andy to graduate school in Virginia, Abby to the Peace Corps … Continue reading
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Water Water Everywhere and Not a Drop to Drink
When the English poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge penned the line, Water, water everywhere not any drop to drink in the Rime of the Ancient Mariner, in 1798, water’s prevalence on this earth might have reached its apex. Barely three hundred … Continue reading
Saint Patrick’s Day Musings
My father loved Saint Patrick’s Day, though as befitted his Black Irish smoldering good looks and erratic temperament, I don’t recall ever celebrating it in any obvious way. No parades, no crowds, no corned beef and cabbage; Saint Paddy’s was … Continue reading
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Tagged Black Irish, Ezra Brooks, gloom, Judy Collins, My Father, Saint Patrick's Day
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Wake to the Magic of BoCo
Despite the wet snow on the ground, spring is upon us, which means a bounty of extraordinary performance experiences at The Boston Conservatory. This weekend’s Thoroughly Modern Millie, their major musical, rivaled the production I saw on Broadway. Every voice … Continue reading
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Tagged ballet, BoCo, Cathy Young, Robert Moses, The Boston Conservatory, Thoroughly Modern Millie, Wake
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Happy New Year Invention
For those of us who need more disco balls in our life, which is pretty much all of us, here is a terrific and easy way to add sparkle to your everyday life. For our New Year’s Eve party … Continue reading
Peter Ralph Lee – March 27, 1945 to December 25, 2012
Peter Ralph Lee died on Christmas morning, December 25, 2012 after suffering a heart attack and fall on December 14 that caused irreparable neurological damage. The single word that describes Peter is community. He lived in community, he made his … Continue reading
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