I do like to read obituaries as they are often written by well-meaning amateurs.  As I get older I sometimes think how close I am to the age of those whose obituaries are listed. But, you know how it goes, if the person is younger  you think that you are a survivor and if they are many […]
Tagged average age, obituaryClose to 15 years ago our son Oliver asked if we minded if he and his friend Jamie Drake would dig in our back yard to make a mold in the earth for a statue made of concrete. Of course we didn’t mind. The piece is about 3 feet long. Over the years it had […]
Tagged sculpture, view du jourThe Passion The Passion explores passion at varying levels and types. Romantic passion convoluted with physical, sexual passion; passion for gambling, danger, conquest, or possession; and the passion of devotion. The ways passion inspires, consumes, destroys, and creates.
Tagged jeanette winterson, passion, refiew, the passionThe Rebels (Vintage International) I’m not sure how we discovered Sándor Márai, but after reading his work it seems I should have known about him. His novels are what we expect from literature. A deep interpretation of the human condition expressed in a thoughtful, elegant manner with enough complexity make it extraordinary.
Tagged marai, review, the rebelsLighthousekeeping Jeanette Winterson again shows her prowess as a writer weaving humor, love, passion, tragedy, and storytelling in Lighthousekeeping. Duality is, to me, the prominent theme. The split we have in our personalities, Jekyll and Hyde, romance and science.
Tagged book, jeanette winterson, reviewThe Red Hook section of Brooklyn, like a good deal of Brooklyn, is undergoing changes that make it more appealing to humans and also more expensive. This is a phot of a barge that also serves as a museum on the waterfront in Red Hook.
Tagged barge, red hook, waterfrontEarlier this year Oliver had told us that it was likely that their lease on the space currently occupied by the venue Death by Audio and his pedal company – named Death By Audio before there was the venue and before they moved into their current space – would probably not be renewed. The lease […]
Tagged closing, deatch by audio, death by audio, nytA Place To Bury Strangers … and guitars! | Sound Art – Review of the concert APtBS did in Portugal, September 12, 2014. aptbs a place to bury strangers portugal 2014 concert review
Tagged 2014, A Place to Bury Strangers, aptbs, portugal, septemberMan in the Dark: A Novel I love reading Paul Auster. Following his stories as they go in and out of fantasy and reality. In “The Man in the Dark”, the man creates a story in which he is bewildered, loved, and final destroyed as he tries to reconcile two realities, and his own fate. […]
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Obituary Average Age. October 3, 2014: 64
The average of age of those listed in the Obituary Section of today’s Free Lance-Star is 64. My age is 69.42. So I guess I’m above average. I’ve been keeping statistics for two days now and the average reported age of death so far is 70.6875.
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