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Prospect Park In Lights

I finished a much-needed day at home alone yesterday with a ride around Prospect Park, to photograph Prospect Park In Lights, a set of holiday lighting displays at the various grand entrances to the park. It was a mild evening … Continue reading

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Happy Winter (?) Solstice

Yesterday’s New York Times said there was a cherry tree blooming at the Brooklyn Botanic Gardens. Today was so warm and beautiful that I got the bike out, did a bunch of errands, then rode over to the Gardens. Sure … Continue reading

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Mountains Beyond Mountains: The Quest Of Dr. Paul Farmer, a Man Who Would Cure the World

This book, by the extraordinary journalist Tracy Kidder, is a sobering portrait of Dr. Paul Farmer, who has spent his life caring for the sick in Haiti and other poverty-stricken parts of the world. He is no Mother Theresa: Acerbic, … Continue reading

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Protected: Legacy Of the Dead — Charles Todd

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Protected: What Is the What — Dave Eggers

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The Jam In the Glass

Sunny’s, my favorite Red Hook bar, has been having art exhibits in the back room, the same spot where we play bluegrass on Saturday nights. A new exhibit just opened, which is really more of an installation: Glass discs, cast … Continue reading

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New England Road Trip

I spent most of this week on the road, visiting some of our New England papers in Massachussetts and New Hampshire. I drove just over a thousand miles, added two states to my visited-states list (New Hampshire and Maine), and … Continue reading

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Protected: The Prestige — Christopher Priest

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Protected: Elidor — Alan Garner

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