2020-04-21 : The McSweeney's piece was picked up by YES! Magazine . Search for "Flatbush". or "AIDS". 2020-03-30 : ...

" The Return of Persephone ", Frederic Leighton, 1896 (four years before his death) The March Equinox - Spring or Vernal, in th...

A friend just asked me for my spice cookie recipe. I was surprised to find my current recipe wasn't already up on the blog - the last ti...

My alarm wakes me Saturday morning. I go downstairs to the kitchen, nuke myself a cup of coffee, and get a fresh batch going. I didn’t sle...

Walking from my bus stop to work in the morning takes me across Broadway in Downtown Manhattan, the site of some celebration or other yester...

I'm pleased to announce that I'll be hosting a pollinator-focused garden tour and citizen science workshop in my garden for Pollin...

Over the weekend I was inspired to write a little tweet storm . I thought it would make a good blog post. It started with a blog post b...

These days, I feel like a single candle, cursing the darkness, both literal and figurative. The Anthropocene weighs heavy on my mind, and...

Today is World AIDS Day. By coincidence, the 41st president also just died, reminding me - and the cohort of survivors from his dark reign -...

I'm limiting this list to northern North America for two reasons: Restricting this list geographically is in keeping with my specializ...