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Will insert some self-congratulatory crap later.
Crossing the Park
February 12, 2026 at 1:53 AM
Crossing the Park
A hawk at rest in the Ramble, football 🏈 on the Great Lawn, and a few shots of a fine walk.
January 26, 2026 at 11:35 PM
A hawk at rest in the Ramble, football 🏈 on the Great Lawn, and a few shots of a fine walk.
Longtime Metropolitan Opera artist Denyce Graves was honored with a plaque honoring her career as she sang her last röle today as Maria in Porgy & Bess.
January 25, 2026 at 1:50 AM
Longtime Metropolitan Opera artist Denyce Graves was honored with a plaque honoring her career as she sang her last röle today as Maria in Porgy & Bess.
Khаmеnеi went to a fortune teller and asked her “on what day will I die?”
The fortune teller assured him that he would diе on a Jewish holiday.
“Why are you so sure of that?” demanded Khamenei.
“Any day”, she replied, “on which you diе will be a Jewish holiday”.
The fortune teller assured him that he would diе on a Jewish holiday.
“Why are you so sure of that?” demanded Khamenei.
“Any day”, she replied, “on which you diе will be a Jewish holiday”.
January 12, 2026 at 1:23 PM
Khаmеnеi went to a fortune teller and asked her “on what day will I die?”
The fortune teller assured him that he would diе on a Jewish holiday.
“Why are you so sure of that?” demanded Khamenei.
“Any day”, she replied, “on which you diе will be a Jewish holiday”.
The fortune teller assured him that he would diе on a Jewish holiday.
“Why are you so sure of that?” demanded Khamenei.
“Any day”, she replied, “on which you diе will be a Jewish holiday”.
Perhaps the most promising moment of the New Year.
January 1, 2026 at 9:04 PM
Perhaps the most promising moment of the New Year.
Wishing you a Bright & Merry Christmas 🎄
December 11, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Wishing you a Bright & Merry Christmas 🎄
‘Ready to party 🎉 like it’s 1694,’ Wm. Christie firing up some Charpentier with Les Arts Florissantes at BAM. 💥
December 6, 2025 at 1:48 PM
‘Ready to party 🎉 like it’s 1694,’ Wm. Christie firing up some Charpentier with Les Arts Florissantes at BAM. 💥
Hay’s in
November 18, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Hay’s in
Loose the hounds…
October 23, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Loose the hounds…
Followed by 'Engage the enemy more closely...' This is also the date of the launch of USS Constitution.
October 22, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Followed by 'Engage the enemy more closely...' This is also the date of the launch of USS Constitution.
Happy Diwali
October 20, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Happy Diwali
Tomorrow, Congressional meetings on tariffs and trade, so tonight a walk in Washington.
September 18, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Tomorrow, Congressional meetings on tariffs and trade, so tonight a walk in Washington.
Author Peter Godwin reading from his recent work ‘Exit Wounds: A Story of Love, Loss, and Occasional Wars’
September 16, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Author Peter Godwin reading from his recent work ‘Exit Wounds: A Story of Love, Loss, and Occasional Wars’
Welcoming the new season ⛲️
September 15, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Welcoming the new season ⛲️
In a late August squall, a friend had asked me to help take his boat from Huntington down the East River to Brooklyn. This would be the last time I would see the World Trade Center. My home town of Manhasset lost 42 men.
My cousin was killed in the field, fighting Al Queda in Afghanistan.
My cousin was killed in the field, fighting Al Queda in Afghanistan.
September 11, 2025 at 1:36 AM
In a late August squall, a friend had asked me to help take his boat from Huntington down the East River to Brooklyn. This would be the last time I would see the World Trade Center. My home town of Manhasset lost 42 men.
My cousin was killed in the field, fighting Al Queda in Afghanistan.
My cousin was killed in the field, fighting Al Queda in Afghanistan.
Insert the W.A.Auden poem here -
September 10, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Insert the W.A.Auden poem here -
To the West
September 9, 2025 at 2:26 AM
To the West
Off Shelter Island
August 31, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Off Shelter Island
Wing and wing into the wine-dark sea.
August 23, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Wing and wing into the wine-dark sea.
The Oysterponds slave cemetery #Juneteenth
June 19, 2025 at 4:39 PM
The Oysterponds slave cemetery #Juneteenth
Superb artistry from Nina Stemme and pianist Roland Pöntinen. versinken
Unbewußr
höchste Lust!
Unbewußr
höchste Lust!
May 3, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Superb artistry from Nina Stemme and pianist Roland Pöntinen. versinken
Unbewußr
höchste Lust!
Unbewußr
höchste Lust!
Crimea is the part hanging down...
April 26, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Crimea is the part hanging down...
Claude Monet painting by the edge of a wood - J. S. Sargent (det.) 1885
April 25, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Claude Monet painting by the edge of a wood - J. S. Sargent (det.) 1885