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Gristmill: Two Commandments

L.A. story: eternal gratitude to that West Hollywood art house cinema for an introduction to Krzysztof Kieslowski’s “Dekalog.”

Nov 9, 2023
The Shipwreck Rose: For the Birds

My children definitely don’t feel the sense of excitement we felt as children at the holidays. They’re quite blasé.

Nov 9, 2023
Gristmill: Road to Nowhere

The adventures, follies, and disequilibrium of running on a treadmill.

Nov 2, 2023
The Shipwreck Rose: Jive Turkey

You know you are a child of the 1970s when . . .

Nov 2, 2023
Point of View: Redeeming Grace

It was a homecoming win all the more memorable for the fact that its attainment was the players’ gift to their coach and a gift to themselves.

Nov 2, 2023
The Mast-Head: Eelgrass in Trouble

Sea water temperature is projected to rise by .05 to .5 degrees Celsius per decade, with warming expected to be amplified in shallow coastal waters like ours.

Nov 2, 2023
The Shipwreck Rose: Three Conversations

My friend and I are stuck in something of a creative bind at midcareer, looking around and wondering where the community went.

Oct 26, 2023
Point of View: Is It Too Much to Wish For?

I am reminded of an exhibition the Israeli Tennis Centers, just about all of which were said to be located in underprivileged Israeli neighborhoods, gave a half-dozen years ago at the East Hampton Indoor Tennis Club that Scott Rubenstein manages.

Oct 26, 2023
The Mast-Head: Crossing the Sound

Cerberus and I had the crossing to Old Saybrook to ourselves. I could stand a year of Octobers, I thought.

Oct 26, 2023
Gristmill: Well Lunched

I’d been looking forward to Cormaria’s “Sunday supper” takeout offering for weeks.

Oct 26, 2023
Gristmill: Now More Than Ever

If you’re questioning the sanity of spending time in front of a television watching professional football, read on.

Oct 19, 2023
The Shipwreck Rose: Hard Things

We are either cynical or naive by nature. I believe this to be true.

Oct 19, 2023