We’re back at the Pilgrim Sands in Plymouth. This photo’s from last night and now I’m up waiting for the sunrise hoping for a clear horizon of one the sun can burn off. The above view is northeast from our deck and the overnight guy, who works two jobs, the other in Boston, tells me […]
This morning I checked cnn.com, as I do everyday, and their headline photo showed earthquake damage in St. Louis. Captivated, I read on. The center of the earthquake was 133 miles east of St. Louis. I did the math and wondered why they didn’t say the center’s in Evansville, Indiana or damn close. Christ, why […]
I agree with some of what Louise says about Mark and Ginger’s daughter Molly’s latest play “Travesties,†but if I were writing the review I would have donated more page space to the acting, which to our minds (I’m speaking for Diane too), was extraordinarily good. The best we’ve seen in any of her plays. […]
The rakkities are risking a trip to Italy in May. (Manarola, in Cinqueterre on May 9-12, then Pisa, then Sicily and the Aeolian Islands, May 15-22.) MAY 2008 HEADLINES May 7. Alitalia airlines goes bankrupt, IATA revokes Alitalia’s license before a buyout can occur. Newly elected Prime Minister Berlusconi promises that his government will fix […]
Hey Michael, Below is an email from my youngest Hannah that I would like you to share with the blog. You may recall she is over in Lugano Switzerland looking at her first choice school, Franklin College. She’ll be joined by her boyfriend Willy on Thursday and they will continue on to tour Italy. They […]
Hey Michael, Below is an email from my youngest Hannah that I would like you to share with the blog. You may recall she is over in Lugano Switzerland looking at her first choice school, Franklin College. She’ll be joined by her boyfriend Willy on Thursday and they will continue on to tour Italy. They […]
Michael, Finally, the wildflowers are coming to the foothills. And that’s in spite of two snowstorms we had last week right here in Boulder. (The snow disappeared the next day.) This picture shows the area we XC-skied in at about 10,500 ft the day before yesterday. It’s up above the tunnel under the Front Range […]
Michael, I don’t think this new toy is a spoof. The eyePhone may not actually be available yet, but it looks technologically feasible. It’s just what we Beartooth fogies need to identify those mysterious lakes and mountains without fooling around with maps. I wonder what happens if you point it at yourself? Does it come […]
Mike, A couple of weeks ago, Mrs Rakkity & I got back from a circumnavigation of northern New Mexico and southern Colorado.  One of the nicest towns we spent time in was Santa Fe which is so full of street art, art galleries, random art, and “revival adobe”, my little camera nearly caught fire. I […]
From the letters to the editor of The New York Times Book Review. (Travis, please read) To the Editor: Pamela Paul’s riveting, ribald and sophisticated review of Mary Roach’s “Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex†(March 30) is accompanied by an intriguing pink portrait of a hypothetical organic molecular entity. Perhaps this molecular […]
Adam’s photo from their rental on Bailey Island.
Michael, many of your readers have probably seen the #5 article, about the itinerant island chain San Serriffe with two main islands Upper Caisse and Lower Caisse, but just in case they didn’t (no pun intended, honest – I didn’t catch it until I re-read this), I do think you should publish it or a […]