Tuesday, August 18, 2020

Leon Trotsky and the Russian Revolution

›
Here are some interesting passages from Leon Trotsky's The Russian Revolution . (Originally published in 1939 by Simon & Schuster...
Sunday, August 16, 2020

Three Seeds from the Diaries of Leo Tolstoy

›
Leo Tolstoy at 20 in 1848. Beautiful sunny day here. Re-connected with a friend over coffee. Shared stories from the past couple years ...
Saturday, August 15, 2020

In Awe of Ishiguro's The Buried Giant

›
This week I completed Kazuo Ishiguro's The Buried Giant , yet another remarkable work by the worthy winner of the 2017 Nobel Prize fo...
Friday, August 14, 2020

Community Mural Underway in the Lincoln Park District

›
North Shore Scenic Highway 61 (Gary Firstenberg photo) A number of years ago I took a tour of St. Petersburg with an eye to taking in...
Thursday, August 13, 2020

Hitchcock's Rope a Prescient Foreshadowing of Our Current Crisis

›
"We agreed that there was was only one crime either of us could commit, the crime of making a mistake. Being weak is a mistake....
Wednesday, August 12, 2020

A Quick Snapshot: A Leisurely Visit with Gary Firstenberg Here in the Northland

›
World's oldest soccer ball. Sterling, Scotland. The world is full of interesting people and it just so happens that many of them ...
Tuesday, August 11, 2020

Serious Whimsy: Adam Swanson @ the Great Lakes Aquarium

›
Yesterday I grabbed an opportunity to see the Adam Swanson exhibition at the Great Lakes Aquarium. A lot of people are unaware of the GLA...