Notes from the 'Nog

  Two thousand, three hundred, fourteen posts, and counting...   On the turntable: David Gray, "White Ladder 20th Anniversary Edition...

  ...we meander Thessaloniki, past ruins lying in open lots between the streets, in search of Byzantine churches, in search of lunch, in se...

...Octavian found victory at Actium more easily than we found the old battlefield itself.  The handful of homes scattered along the marshy s...

  ...That 2018 cruise around the Greek isles instilled in me a love for the country.  From ancient ruins to the animated kindness of most of...

      On the train, reading Slaves of New York for the first time in close to 40 years.   And I immediately think of you, and how as buddin...

  "I respect kindness in human beings first of all, and kindness to animals. I don't respect the law; I have a total irreverence ...

      With the Joshua Breakstone group, Bonds Rosary, January 10, 2025 On the turntable:  Archie Shepp, "Four for Trane"