Saturday, August 16, 2008

Eisenhower Lock at fifty, and more about classic lake boats.

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Over the past couple of months, I've received a lot of hits on my blog off web searches for "Eisenhower Lock", about which I...
Tuesday, August 12, 2008

Your correspondent attempts metrical poetry.

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A while back I acquired a copy of William Baer's Writing Metrical Poetry . After reading some introductory material, and learning abou...
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Intellectualfunkycool.

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My eye was caught by this strung-together word on a bus-side ad for a TV show called Baisden After Dark . It struck me that the first word ...
Saturday, August 09, 2008

Erik Darling, 1933-2008

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In 1975 I went to a party in a big old apartment building on Riverside Drive at about 75th Street, in Manhattan's Upper West Side. Ther...
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Wednesday, August 06, 2008

Your correspondent picks blueberries, and has another close encounter with Odocoileus virginianus.

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That's me, on Kent Locke's farm in Barnstead, New Hampshire, carefully selecting the plumpest, ripest berries from a burgeoning bus...
Sunday, August 03, 2008

Hello, everybody.

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I'm in far northern New York State, on a brief vacation. Please bear with me until Thursday, when I get back to dear old Brooklyn and r...
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Tuesday, July 29, 2008

Your correspondent embarks on a voyage and witnesses a rescue.

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On Saturday I went to Pier 40 near the west end of Houston Street in Manhattan, there to board the former Lehigh Valley Railroad tug Cornel...
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Monday, July 28, 2008

On the trail of the Continental Army with Brenda Becker and a bunch of Brooklyn bloggers.

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Behold Brenda Becker in her tricorn hat, about to guide a bevy of Brooklynite bloggers through a bit of what Frederick Law Olmstead and Calv...
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Sunday, July 27, 2008

"Relative Environments", BWAC outdoor sculpture show.

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The 26th annual Brooklyn Waterfront Artists' Coalition ("BWAC") outdoor sculpture show is set up in Empire/Fulton Ferry State ...
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Fresh Air Fund - last chance!

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The week before last, I posted about the need for families to host City kids for summer breaks under the auspices of the Fresh Air Fund. Re...
Thursday, July 24, 2008

Judy Dyble and Fairport Convention

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My last iPod Log included a YouTube clip of the great English folk-rock band Fairport Convention , showing a film or videotape of the gro...
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Monday, July 21, 2008

A buck, a beach, a biplane, a bird, a building beset by brush.

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Images from a visit to the Village of Shoreham, on the North Shore of Long Island:
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