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One for Sorrow the film?
I’ve been sort of running around like crazy today, as my friend and former editor, Juliet Ulman, sent me a photograph she took of her copy of Elle magazine’s September issue. It’s a photograph of the contributor’s page, where the photographer and film director Carter Smith is asked what he anticipates doing this fall, and… Read more
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New Pics, New Blogging (maybe)
My adopted Japanese mother recently complained that I no longer take pictures of things and post them online. She questioned whether this was because I needed a new camera. Maybe my old one no longer worked? And so when my birthday came, a package from Japan arrived at my house. Inside the package was a… Read more
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Discovering Anita O’Day
I’m a fan of jazz and the blues. A big fan. But mostly of the old school stuff. And mostly the big names. But recently a friend of mine sent me these wonderful clips of Anita O’Day, who I hadn’t really listened to prior to my friend’s email. She’s written me a wonderful introduction to… Read more
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We ate our way through life
While I was standing across the street talking with my 84 year old neighbor lady today, she asked me what kind of foods I liked to eat. I told her everything, from anywhere, that I love food from anywhere. She grinned. She said her husband, who passed away twenty years ago, would have liked us… Read more
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