Continue Reading A Journey in Sound If you are like me your household chores have suffered across the holidays. (Not the holidays’ fault but my indulgence in an…
Continue Reading Three Versions of Nature I just love it when people have clever ideas that make me laugh but also speak to a deeper issues. This was…
Continue Reading Cantique de Noël After eating all of these, you are probably ready to sit back and listen to music. On offer today is a song written…
Continue Reading Cause for Caroling I feel like that bedraggled, aging thrush of Hardy’s poem, who believes in hope in a world that is a rather dark…
Continue Reading Truth telling The University Library in Hamburg, Germany My initial goal for today was to link you to the ultimate best book list of the…
Continue Reading Persuading In the mid 1980s I worked as an RA for Leon Festinger, one of the giants in the field of social psychology,…
Continue Reading Warning Saturday’s stroll along the waterfront confirmed my suspicion: we have entered peak traffic light season. Red, yellow and green wherever you look. And…
Continue Reading Kvetching The yiddish word to kvetch refers to whining or complaining. A fun book by Michael Wex gives a good introduction: Born to Kvetch:…
Continue Reading Jauchzet, Frohlocket There are limits, but also advantages, to being a moderately educated music lover – like yours truly – rather than a professionally…
Continue Reading Famous last words Should you be able to visit me at my deathbed in the far, far, far away future, please remind me that I…
