Category Archives: Scenes From My Life
Yahrzeit for my cousin Ruth
Do you remember last November, when a mysterious steel monolith was discovered in a remote area of Utah? But…now you see it, now you don’t. The monolith appeared, stuck around a few days prompting a lot of entertaining detective work, … Continue reading
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Tagged Brittany, Brittany monolith, Carnac, D-Day beaches, Francois Villon, Kerjean, menhirs, Normandy
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Does the word of mouth still have power?
“Word of mouth” is an amorphous term. It could mean a number of things, especially nowadays, when the “mouths” are on the internet and on TV shows. It has or does not have substance; it is or is not able … Continue reading
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Tagged Columbus Circle, Paramount Pictures, Trump International Hotel, Warren Lieberfarb, word of mouth
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Paths crossed through a scene from my life: Eva Sereny
I don’t remember meeting, in any conventional sense, Eva Sereny. We did not exchange names or shake hands. Yet almost literally our paths crossed, over the parquet floor in the great ballroom of Rosecliff, an historical Newport, Rhode Island palace … Continue reading
Posted in Paths Crossed, Scenes From My Life, The Facts of Life
Tagged Eva Sereny, F Scott Fitzgerald, Newport Rhode Island, Rosecliff, Stanford White, The Great Gatsby
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