READING WOMEN Our local paper included an article from the Washington Post by Alyssa Rosenberg about reading a year’s worth of books written by women. That’s a fine idea, but she carried it a step further and did a pair of books each month for a total of 24. I was intrigued and checked to …
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Tidy Tidbits: Film & Theater
TIDY TIDBITS: Film & Theater This was a week when we gorged on culture, films especially. The Sarasota Film Festival (SFF) is celebrating its 17th year, and over the course of ten days 270 films, a mix of documentaries and feature films, are screened. We were late getting tickets, having been away, but still managed …
Booknote: James and Ferrante
I have returned home from my Asian Adventure and along with re-adjusting to east coast time, I’m back doing more reading. Here are my latest books. WSJ Book Club Sometime ago, I read that the Wall Street Journal was starting an online book club. I was intrigued, but I was still working and didn’t think …
Asian Adventure: Tokyo New Science
It was fitting that on our last full day in Tokyo we visited the National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation. That’s it’s full name, but it’s so long the Japanese call it Muraikan for short, which means ‘future.” Given its focus, it’s most appropriate. We were hosted by their international outreach team and their director, Dr. …
