Read

  • Seen On Bluesky

    “At this crucial time in our lives, when everything is so desperate, when every day is a matter of survival, I don’t think you can help but be involved.” American singer.Songwriter.Pianist.Composer.Civil rights activist.

  • Ypsi Gets Cool Cities Grant

    Ann Arbor didn’t make the first wave of Cool Cities grants; Ypsilanti, however, did. Hearty congratulations, Ypsi.

  • Sum up Your Personality with 5 Books

    Stolen from I Love Books: Ambrose Bierce: The Devil’s Dictionary [1911] Greil Marcus: Mystery Train: Images of America in Rock’N’Roll Music [1975] David Nasaw: The Chief: The Life of William Randolph Hearst [2000] Claire Tomalin: Samuel Pepys: The Unequalled Self [2002] Walt Whitman: Leaves of Grass [1855, 1856, 1860 …. ] This is not the…

  • Summer Is Icumen In

    Signs of approaching summer everywhere. The temperature was up in the high 60s today. Robins aplenty, but a strange and unsettling squirrel hiatus. Humidity rising. Blue sky. Roofers getting ready to lay new roofing in our complex. Guys in shorts, girls in belly shirts, both sexes in those ridiculous Venice Beach flip-flops. Oh, well. In…