Field Notes from Cuba/Jim Palombo

Field Notes from Cuba/Jim Palombo

  Cuba, Michael Eastman photo, used with permission of the photographer. For more of the photographer’s work, click here.       Rubik’s Cuba: A Traveler’s Varied Impressions by Jim Palombo Politics Editor   It’s often hard...

Galanty Retweets

*** *** *** Unnecessary clapping * * * and other white elephants *** from Galanty Miller *** I gave it all up to pursue my dream of being poor./ Let’s all give a big round of applause to unnecessary clapping./ I won’t be able to attend your wedding because I’ve been...
Then and Now / Steve Poleskie

Then and Now / Steve Poleskie

photographer unknown The author wearing one of the “magic shirts” in his Cornell studio, ca 1992 * * CHAIN MAN’S FREE STORE   by Stephen Poleskie   The shirt I am wearing while writing this piece is over forty-five years old. It is still in perfect...
On Location/France

On Location/France

Zentrum Paul Klee (ZPK), Bern, Switzerland, houses the world’s largest collection of the work of artist Paul Klee. Designed by Italian architect  Renzo Piano, its form and function provides a space “in which the encounter with art becomes reality.”  ...
Mark Levy/Casual Observer

Mark Levy/Casual Observer

Examination room via photopin (license) * * Medical Abbreviations by Mark Levy * I’ve been spending time in my doctor’s office lately, not because I’m sick or injured, but because I’m one of the few patients of his who’s insured. See, he’s got two kids in college and...