by Gene Novogrodsky I started to list, You know, panoply. And then the list dwindled …. To grim faces in cars and trucks, Grim, and locked in, windows up …. To thousands of heads and eyes down At the blue glow of the phone in hand …. To the eyes on lottery tickets, Scratch, tossed to the ground, Sometimes ask the clerk to check, Tossed to the ground …. To the ...

Well, actually, they're books reviews (but I seemed to need the alliteration today -- dreary out). All are from the most recent NYRB, and all are worth your attention (the first two, especially). The subjects:Criminal JusticeEducationClimate ChangeAnd then, as a reward, read this lovely essay on Dorothea Lange.

This week ABC Wednesday celebrates the letter P, a perfect one for any Plant lover like myself. While most of the Perennials, like these Purple Coneflowers, are now hibernating for the winter, there are still a few brave blooms in the garden. The Pelargoniums ( I usually call them geraniums, but of course that doesn't begin with a P!) seem unfazed by the first frost this past weekend. ...

before i turn in for the night here in costa rica, i put together a bunch of random pics for this post. no real order. no rhyme or reason. just some pics that i liked. enjoy! (by the way, before we go to the orphanage tomorrow afternoon, we think we are going to spend the morning at the xandari resort & spa. this place has won lots of awards. we think it is about 30 minutes away. there are ...

The September 2009 issue of Genesis features a gorgeous array of animals early in their development, taken by students at the Woods Hole embryology course. The journal says that one of the images is of marbled crayfish, but doesn’t exactly provide a key. I emailed the course organizers, and Nipam Patel got back to me, writing: should say that after looking again, it would be best to ...

From the teabag crowd who endorsed local candidates in the last election: You are a government of the government, by the government, for the government. You have perverted all ideals put forth by your creators. You are now a combination of Robin Hood, Dracula, Adolph Hitler, Attila the Hun, Marie Antoinette, and Karl Marx. Gosh, all because the working poor and middle class should have an ...