North Korea Insights
This NASA photo shows the stark contrast between North and South Korea at night. Click on the photo to enlarge it and …
Introducing Margot & Nina
Our newest granddaughters, Margot Bee and Nina Linden Smith, were born on December 4 at South Miami Hospital. Proud parents are David …
Siddhartha
This week my evening book group in Arlington will be discussing this book. Since I can’t be with them, I am writing …
Lighting the way
David and Leslie in Coral Gables are awaiting the birth of twins, due December 12. They are prepared! The nursery dresser is …
Black History
Several books of Black History, a discipline barely known until the 1960s, have helped me, as I visit historic sites, to better understand …
Symphonies & Sports
How is a conductor like a quarterback? CBS News Cultural Correspondent Wynton Marsalis shows how Alan Gilbert’s conducting of the New York …
Civil War & Black History
My last year in high school, 1961-62, marked the beginning of the Centennial of the Civil War. The popular books and articles …
Night Sky and Beyond
On October 17, I took Violet to see “Big Bird’s Adventure: One World, One Sky” at the Boston Museum of Science Planetarium. …
Mariinsky Orchestra
Valery Gergiev, Music Director of the Mariinsky Orchestra, was in fine form at the Kennedy Center on October 14, 2013, conducting the …
The Tin Drum
When my grandson Thomas visited last week, he headed straight for the tin drum I had bought to illustrate a discussion of …