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Read: The Cage by Audrey Schulman

Beryl holds an ice cube in her hand as she sits in her closet. This is the first line of Audrey Schulman’s 1994 novel The Cage. Her main character is trying to imagine...

Watch: Television Entertainment — The Fall Season 2011

In pop culture this is a busy week that began with The Emmys. Zippy and I weren’t paying attention to the smile and cry set this year (caught up with the winners and...

Film: Midnight in Paris — An Instant Classic

Okay, I resisted going to the new Woody Allen movie. A lot of you did the same. Every weekend I need to be convinced to go to the movies. This wooing has to be...

9/11 2011

In Memoriam… Figaro following us around the shed… Figaro 1999-2010 Lucille always willing to get wet… Lucille 1995-2008 Myrtle, part Irish Setter/German shepherd, a graceful mutt… Myrtle 1992-2008 The Girls quick to strike...

The Cookbook Collector by Allegra Goodman — A Recommendation

With all the start-ups out there, I think this is a time like the Renaissance. Not just one person doing great work, but so many feeding off one another. If you lived then,...

DVD: The Hours — Rediscover a Modern Classic Film

This morning finds me working in two separate directions. My mind is split between two endeavors, and a third hovers behind these, just waiting to take over. So many walks, alone, or with...

eBook: Mile 81 by Stephen King

So, as most people in the known literary and popular culture universe know, Stephen King published an original eStory, Mile 81, today. Even though there are no deer in the story, I...