In a half-kidding way, I often say to friends or family that something is the secret of life. Not literally, of course. DNA is the secret of life. For now. I mean hard won knowledge or folk wisdom that we … Continue reading
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A friend loaned me a pleasant little book by Susan Cheever about the Concord of Emerson, Thoreau, Hawthorne, the Alcotts and others. It’s called “American Bloomsbury” which is too clever by half. First because it is anachronistic. If the two … Continue reading
Last year was the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death and prompted a lot of performances of his works to commemorate the occasion. This year is the 200th anniversary of the birth of a great American writer, and one can only … Continue reading