Tidy Tidbits: Books & Music

AUTISM ON THE PAGE, STAGE AND SCREEN This week the island book club read and discussed The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon. The selection was prompted in part by the play being presented locally at Florida Studio Theatre in Sarasota.  It has been so popular that the run has been extended …

Tidy Tidbits: Culture Notes

RECENT READING:  Of Early Medicine and Botanical Gardens American Eden:  David Hosack, Botany, and Medicine in the Garden of the Early Republic by Victoria Johnson. David Hosack was a citizen of the world, a man with wide ranging interests and connections who deserves to be better known.  A physician by training, he was also a botanist who linked his interest in plants with …

Cultural Cuba: History, Art & Dance

WED. JAN. 30 Today, our last full day, was packed with economics, history, visual art and dance.  Lourdes, dean of economics at the University of Havana, was our morning speaker here at the hotel.  Like all the other individuals who have shared their insights with us, she was both spirited and informative. The Cubans we’ve encountered up …

Cultural Cuba: Photo Highlights

Havana and the Vinales Valley offered a feast of images for the photographer. I took more photos than I could possibly share in my daily blog posts so here are a few more. Note: All photos ©JWFarrington (some rights reserved). Header photos is the bartender at Mas Habana.