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Hurling Chestnuts at the Current Moment
All My Sons By Arthur Miller Directed by Scott Edmiston Lyric Stage Boston September 18-October 18, 2026 The present MAGA moment often harkens back to America after World War II, when our country has king of the heap, white men … Continue reading
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Tagged All My Sons, Arthur Miller, Bill Mootos, books, Lyric Stage Boston, review, theatre
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Eleanor at Central Square Theater is a Triumph!
Eleanor By Mark St. Germain Directed by Bryn Boice Central Square Theater September 10-October 11, 2026 Any opportunity to see Paula Plum, the dame of Boston theater, is always good reason to get up and get out to a show. … Continue reading
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Tagged Central Square Theater, Eleanor Roosevelt, Paula Plum
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Happy Summer!
A beautiful marsh mellow flower along the shore of the Charles. Enjoy the summer. Awkward Pose looks forward to return in the fall.
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Fairyland: in Print and on Screen
Somehow, I’ve never met Alysia Abbott. She’s lived around the corner from me for more than a decade, in an octagon house set back to allow a most remarkable tree claim space. She’s been to my house, at a party … Continue reading
Heidi Blake on the Tate Brothers
If her credentials connote weight, Heidi Blake is no pushover. The reporter for Britain’s Daily Telegraph, Sunday Times, and Buzzfeed has been a London-based investigative journalist for The New Yorker since 2022. Her article about Andrew and Tristan Tate, “A … Continue reading
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Tagged Andrew Tate, Heidi Blaker, Tate Brothers, The New Yorker
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Tao of Lloyd
A guy doing ninety minutes of PT every day gets into podcasts, and the brightest gem I’ve discovered is “The Tao of Lloyd.” I’ve listened to every episode to date (approaching fifty, with a new one each week) and recently … Continue reading
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Tagged Dennis Trtainor Jr, John Cusack, Say Anything, Tao of Lloyd
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The Day I Became an Old Person
July 1, 2025—one year ago today—I became an old person. For some, aging may be an incremental process, and I sometimes discern creaking facility over time. But last July 1st, a seemingly innocuous event triggered a cacophony of health issues, … Continue reading
The Individual and the Cosmos
Fifty-two years ago was my last summer ‘at home.’ The term barely applies, since I returned to a place I’d never been before. I had completed my first year of college. My parents, who had already entered the instability that … Continue reading
Musings on Assimilation: Part Two
Something quite specific prompted last week’s rather generic musings on assimilation. The New Yorker article of May 25, 2026 by Yudhijit Bhattacharjee, “In Plain Sight.” The article chronicles the saga of Djena, brought from Guinea at age ten, to serve … Continue reading
Musings on Assimilation: Part One
When immigrants arrive in the United States, or anywhere really, they bring the culture and lived experience of their native country with them. As they encounter the realities of a new nation, they must determine—sometimes consciously, more often through a … Continue reading
