Good morning, CONNECTION On Saturday our family gathered around the table for the traditional Passover Seder. It was a surreal...

Good morning, I thought this was a wonderful quote forwarded by Adam Torson. Enjoy your Sunday: “No man, proclaimed Donne, is an Island,...

Happy weekend! MUSIC The jazz choices a couple of weeks ago got a lot of response, none quite as passionate as Alok Gaur: “I love...

Good morning, GETTING BACK TO NORMAL As we begin to emerge from the “between times” of the past year-plus, we should acknowledge a few...

Good morning, Each 25 Musings, I try to highlight interesting things over the past few weeks. Here are a few: GREAT CRITICAL ANALYSIS In...

Good morning, AS WE EMERGE Andrea and I have begun to emerge from the bunker. We went to dinner a couple of times recently—outdoors and...

Good morning, This past month saw a couple of science related stories. News Item #1. It seems it finally has been concluded that the...

Happy First Day of Spring! MUSIC A great rendition of Billy Joel’s “For the Longest Time” performed for Quarantine from Phoenix Chamber...

Good morning and Happy Saint Patrick’s Day! I wanted to start with an observation about the number of deaths in the U.S. from COVID,...

Good morning, THE MUSINGS—WHAT’S NEXT? I’ve been trying to pick the date when I go from daily to thrice weekly. At first it was to be...

Good morning, CANCELLATION Much has been written of late about “cancel culture.” It’s rampant and coming from all places on the...

Good morning, Following up on last week’s selection of sequels that were as good or better than the originals, now I am pondering what it...

Good morning, VACCINATIONS, REDUX Securing herd immunity, at least for the earlier mutations of the virus, is a subject on all of our...

Good morning, GONE IS THE NOTION OF “LOYAL OPPOSITION’ I’ve been thinking this for a while. Gone are the days when we had a “loyal...