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MY SATURDAY RUBRICS at SES/SUMS IT UP celebrate three special women on their birthdays. Check it out. Thanks.
SATURDAY RUBRICS: 11/8/25
Happy Birthday to Rickie Lee Jones and Two Other Special Women
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November 8, 2025 at 10:43 PM
MY SATURDAY RUBRICS at SES/SUMS IT UP celebrate three special women on their birthdays. Check it out. Thanks.
My latest LETTER FROM LONDON has now posted at SES/SUMS IT UP. I write this week about the American elections, Diane Ladd, the RSC production of Macbeth in Stratford-upon-Avon, the Cecil Beaton show at the National Portrait Gallery, and Mississippi. Check it out. Thanks.
LETTER FROM LONDON: 11/7/25
Becomes Mostly a Missive from Mississippi
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November 7, 2025 at 2:35 PM
My latest LETTER FROM LONDON has now posted at SES/SUMS IT UP. I write this week about the American elections, Diane Ladd, the RSC production of Macbeth in Stratford-upon-Avon, the Cecil Beaton show at the National Portrait Gallery, and Mississippi. Check it out. Thanks.
My TUESDAY WELL'D weekly gallery at SES/SUMS IT UP is now up. Check it out. Thanks.
TUESDAY WELL'D: 11/4/25
The "Charms" of Stratford-upon-Avon, Giving Myself a Hand for Getting There, and Going Over Some Other Photos from October
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November 4, 2025 at 7:13 PM
My TUESDAY WELL'D weekly gallery at SES/SUMS IT UP is now up. Check it out. Thanks.
My SATURDAY RUBRIC are up at SES/SUMS IT UP. Check them out. Thanks.
SATURDAY RUBRICS: 11/1/25
SOME NOTABLE BRITISH WOMEN AS I NOTE THE BEGINNING OF NOVEMBER
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November 2, 2025 at 2:47 PM
My SATURDAY RUBRIC are up at SES/SUMS IT UP. Check them out. Thanks.
My TUESDAY WELL’D photo gallery of London replete with captions is now up at SES/SUMS IT UP. Check it out. Thanks.
TUESDAY WELL'D: 10/28/25
A POTPOURRI OF PHOTOS FROM LONDON
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October 28, 2025 at 6:47 PM
My TUESDAY WELL’D photo gallery of London replete with captions is now up at SES/SUMS IT UP. Check it out. Thanks.
My SATURDAY RUBRICS are now up at SES/SUMS IT UP. This weekend they are about musical mentors. Check it out. Thanks.
SATURDAY RUBRICS: 10/25/25
MUSICAL MENTORS
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October 25, 2025 at 9:46 PM
My SATURDAY RUBRICS are now up at SES/SUMS IT UP. This weekend they are about musical mentors. Check it out. Thanks.
My latest LETTER FROM LONDON is now up at SES/SUMS IT UP. Check it out. Thanks.
LETTER FROM LONDON: 10/24/25
ONE LIVE HORSE, ONE DEAD FOX, FIVE DANCING CHICKENS, SIX LOVELY LADIES, HOW I LOST 29 POUNDS, AND REMEMBERING SAMANTHA EGGAR
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October 24, 2025 at 12:46 PM
My latest LETTER FROM LONDON is now up at SES/SUMS IT UP. Check it out. Thanks.
My TUESDAY WELL’D is up on yet another Wednesday at SES/SUMS IT UP. My schedule has been so jam packed day and night with cultural outings the last week that it has been hard to carve out the writing time. This week the gallery is all about trees.
TUESDAY WELL'D: 10/21/25
BRITISH TREES
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October 22, 2025 at 2:06 PM
My TUESDAY WELL’D is up on yet another Wednesday at SES/SUMS IT UP. My schedule has been so jam packed day and night with cultural outings the last week that it has been hard to carve out the writing time. This week the gallery is all about trees.
Check out my Saturday Rubrics at SES/SUMS IT UP. They honor Diane Keaton this weekend.
SATURDAY RUBRICS: 10/18/25
Diane Keaton - "Please Stand a Little Closer Apart."
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October 19, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Check out my Saturday Rubrics at SES/SUMS IT UP. They honor Diane Keaton this weekend.
My latest LETTER FROM LONDON is now up at SES/SUMS IT UP. I write about some new movies I’ve seen at the London Film Festival this week and some plays I’ve seen and running into Jennifer Coolidge and the Kerry James Marshall show at the Royal Academy of Art. Check it out. Thanks.
LETTER FROM LONDON: 10/17/25
PATTI SMITH, BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN, JENNIFER COOLIDGE, KERRY JAMES MARSHALL, REBECCA LENKIEWICZ, PRINCE HAMLET, QUEEN CHARLOTTE, MARTIN SHERMAN, ETHAN HAWKE, & "LORD HAVE MERCY"
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October 17, 2025 at 10:14 PM
My latest LETTER FROM LONDON is now up at SES/SUMS IT UP. I write about some new movies I’ve seen at the London Film Festival this week and some plays I’ve seen and running into Jennifer Coolidge and the Kerry James Marshall show at the Royal Academy of Art. Check it out. Thanks.
My latest TUESDAY WELL’D is up and a day late. But it’s up. It’s busy here in London. Check it out. Thanks.
TUESDAY WELL'D: 10/14/25
REFLECTIONS RE: PARIS & LONDON & BATH
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October 15, 2025 at 5:09 PM
My latest TUESDAY WELL’D is up and a day late. But it’s up. It’s busy here in London. Check it out. Thanks.
My SATURDAY RUBRICS are now up at SES/SUMS ITUP. They are alll about busts.
SATURDAY RUBICS: 10/11/25
BUSTING THROUGH
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October 11, 2025 at 6:11 PM
My SATURDAY RUBRICS are now up at SES/SUMS ITUP. They are alll about busts.
My latest LETTER FROM LONDON is now up at SES/SUMS IT UP. I write about ballet and opera and theater and light and shadow and liberty and joy. Check it out. Thanks.
LETTER FROM LONDON: 10/9/25
PULLING BACK THE CURTAIN ON LIGHT AND SHADOW AND LIBERTY AND JOY
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October 9, 2025 at 10:28 PM
My latest LETTER FROM LONDON is now up at SES/SUMS IT UP. I write about ballet and opera and theater and light and shadow and liberty and joy. Check it out. Thanks.
My latest TUESDAY WELL'D gallery is now up at SES/SUMS IT UP. My first week in London.
TUESDAY WELL'D: 10/7/25
A Gallery of London
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October 7, 2025 at 11:16 PM
My latest TUESDAY WELL'D gallery is now up at SES/SUMS IT UP. My first week in London.
My latest SATURDAY RUBRICS in now up. I honor Julie Andrews and Jane Goodall. Check it out. Thanks.
SATURDAY RUBRICS: 10/4/25
Julie and Jane
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October 4, 2025 at 4:26 PM
My latest SATURDAY RUBRICS in now up. I honor Julie Andrews and Jane Goodall. Check it out. Thanks.
My latest LETTER - this one from Paris and London - at SES/SUMS IT UP. Check it out. Thanks.
LETTER FROM PARIS & LONDON: 10/2/25
From the Palais Garnier to a Couple of Vics
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October 2, 2025 at 7:33 PM
My latest LETTER - this one from Paris and London - at SES/SUMS IT UP. Check it out. Thanks.
My latest TUESDAY WELL'D gallery is now up at SES/SUMS IT UP. Check it out. Thanks.
TUESDAY WELL'D: 9/30/25
Paris One Last Time Until Next Spring
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October 1, 2025 at 6:46 AM
My latest TUESDAY WELL'D gallery is now up at SES/SUMS IT UP. Check it out. Thanks.
My SATURDAY RUBRICS are now up at SES/SUMS IT UP. Check it out. Thanks.
SATURDAY RUBRICS: 9/27/25
STRAVINKSY
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September 27, 2025 at 6:27 PM
My SATURDAY RUBRICS are now up at SES/SUMS IT UP. Check it out. Thanks.
My latest LETTER FROM PARIS is now up at SES/SUMS IT UP. I write about running into Mitt Romney in the Marais. Check it out. Thanks.
LETTER FROM PARIS: 9/25/25
1627, CA5067, C1705, CB9471, and RUNNING INTO MITT ROMNEY IN THE MARAIS
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September 25, 2025 at 4:11 PM
My latest LETTER FROM PARIS is now up at SES/SUMS IT UP. I write about running into Mitt Romney in the Marais. Check it out. Thanks.
My latest TUESDAY WELL’D gallery of narrated images is now up at SES/SUMS IT UP. Check it out. Thanks.
TUESDAY WELL'D: 9/23/25
Another Narrated Gallery from Paris
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September 23, 2025 at 4:02 PM
My latest TUESDAY WELL’D gallery of narrated images is now up at SES/SUMS IT UP. Check it out. Thanks.
My SATURDAY RUBRICS are now up at SES/SUMS IT UP. I remember Redford. Check it out. Thanks.
SATURDAY RUBRICS: 9/20/25
REDFORD
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September 20, 2025 at 4:54 PM
My SATURDAY RUBRICS are now up at SES/SUMS IT UP. I remember Redford. Check it out. Thanks.
My latest LETTER FROM PARIS is now up at SES/SUMS IT UP. I write about pilgrimages and Mississippi and America and art and Yeats and Faulkner and Joyce and Jimmy Kimmel. Check it out. Thank you to those who are subscribers. To those who aren’t yet, please consider joining us.
LETTER FROM PARIS: 9/18/25
THE ME THAT'S NOT ME, or HOW THE UNFAMILIAR HAS BECOME WHAT'S FAMILIAR INSTEAD OF THE OTHER WAY AROUND
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September 18, 2025 at 5:05 PM
My latest LETTER FROM PARIS is now up at SES/SUMS IT UP. I write about pilgrimages and Mississippi and America and art and Yeats and Faulkner and Joyce and Jimmy Kimmel. Check it out. Thank you to those who are subscribers. To those who aren’t yet, please consider joining us.
My latest TUESDAY WELL’D gallery of photos and captions from Paris is now up at SES/SUMS IT UP. Check it out. Thanks.
TUESDAY WELL'D: 9/16/25
"Do you adore the green grass, with its terror beneath?" - Mary Oliver
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September 16, 2025 at 2:49 PM
My latest TUESDAY WELL’D gallery of photos and captions from Paris is now up at SES/SUMS IT UP. Check it out. Thanks.
A special edition of SATURDAY RUBRICS today is in honor of my late friend, Gerry.
SATURDAY RUBRICS: 9/13/25
GERRY
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September 13, 2025 at 9:12 AM
A special edition of SATURDAY RUBRICS today is in honor of my late friend, Gerry.
My LETTER FROM PARIS is now up at SES/SUMS IT UP. I write about music and fashion and Charlie Kirk. Check it out. Thanks.
LETTER FROM PARIS: 9/11/25
HOW FASHION SHAPE SHIFTS, MUSIC MATTERS, & FASCISM STIRS ITS UNDYING EMBERS UNTIL A MOMENT - CHARLIE KIRK'S "MARTYRDOM" FROM HIS HAVING EMBODIED IT - MAKES IT THE FIRE THIS TIME
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September 11, 2025 at 6:32 PM
My LETTER FROM PARIS is now up at SES/SUMS IT UP. I write about music and fashion and Charlie Kirk. Check it out. Thanks.