The Family Bones – When Relatives Are Murderers Olivia Eriksen’s family is famous, for all the wrong reasons. (Don’t worry about keeping track of all these relatives. The author, Elle [...] March 29, 2023
When a Woman Is Killed, Is It Always the Husband? Robert Dugoni’s new thriller, Her Deadly Game, is well timed, coming on the heels of South Carolina Attorney Alex Murdaugh being found [...] March 28, 2023
Adam Gopnik and Malcolm Gladwell – The Real Work: On the Mystery of Mastery Adam Gopnick and Malcolm Gladwell are not only peers, they’re friends. Watching these two wry intellects converse is like taking a back [...] March 23, 2023
Poet’s Corner – Gardens I embrace the warmth of the sun,After many weekly stormsGardens reinvent themselves with self-made flowersAppearing in pebbled boxesAs the [...] March 22, 2023
Paradise Now – The Extraordinary Life of Karl Lagerfeld by William Middleton “I’m an intelligent opportunist, in fashion you have to be…” (Karl Lagerfeld)If at all interested in fashion and the so-called [...] March 20, 2023
Pat in the City – My Life of Fashion, Style, and Breaking the Rules “Fresh ideas are how I stay young.” When Patricia Field convinced Darren Star to let her introduce Carrie Bradshaw in a tulle skirt and [...] March 4, 2023
Poet’s Corner – Ones I Remember As I lift my brush in a singular gestureGreeted by multitudes of previous souls,The women who inspired.The graceful balance of abstract [...] March 3, 2023
Poet’s Corner – Being I stop dead in my tracks and look up at the sky. It’s a good thing my hands are free because I can’t help but throw [...] February 18, 2023