• Books

    Reading Alaska

    I have a dear cousin who grew up in Cordova, Alaska which is a land-locked fishing village on Prince William Sound. Her father kidnapped her and her two sisters from their mother in…

  • Music

    Genius Steals

    Possibly attributable to the great thief and aphorist Oscar Wilde: “Talent borrows – genius steals.” It is sometimes surprising when something can trip our tastes and tip the scales of our opinions. What…