The Eastside View

travel, eating, reading, theater, music; occasional political remarks

Monday, November 14, 2005

Home again...

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left: our ridge, twilight B UT NOT WITHOUT FIRST seeing three more plays, eating one more fabulous meal, getting lost once or twice. All th...
Saturday, November 12, 2005

Once More to L.A.

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left: LACMA at twilight Glendale, November 12— A LITTLE ODD to say of Shakespeare’s Othello that all’s well that ends well, but that’s how...
Sunday, November 06, 2005

Groningen street, September 2005

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F OR SOME TIME NOW , since the middle of September in fact, I’ve been meaning to show you this photo. Seems to me it says all you need to sa...
Friday, November 04, 2005

Movies and community

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A ND WHAT DO I THINK about the closing of our town movie theater, the Raven Film Center? It’s a very sad event, another step in the erosion...
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Thursday, October 06, 2005

Dogs and Cats

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N OT A DOG PERSON, no no no no, not in this country. We had a dog, of course, when I was a kid, sixty years ago and more; just about everyo...
Wednesday, October 05, 2005

Mark Morris at Zellerbach

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H OW WAS THE MARK MORRIS, a friend e-mails, and another writes I wasn't as convinced about the performance as you were, but am very gl...
Tuesday, October 04, 2005

How to Write Music

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F OR A SUPPERCLUB CONCERT last night I'd been asked to provide about fifteen minutes of music. I put the assignment off too long, but a...
Monday, October 03, 2005

Go Solar!

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There seem to be various proposals afloat to help homeowners add solar panels to their roofs. Good idea, no doubt about it. But I have anoth...
Sunday, October 02, 2005

Trash Talk

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We're back from a September in the Netherlands and the Var -- a week visiting extended family in The Hague and Friesland, two weeks walk...
Monday, September 05, 2005

September dispatches, 5: Elfring days

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Friesland: from the Franekervaart Originally uploaded by charlesshere . Rien, Sept. 6-- W E TRIED TO PUT politics and the news beh...
Saturday, September 03, 2005

September dispatches, 4: some words on Katrina

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U P THIS MORNING LATE , to log on to Tom's marvelous high speed connection wirelessly, and read the news, oh boy. In Le Figaro two or th...
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September dispatches 3: Botanicals

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Giant lily, Botanical Garden Originally uploaded by charlesshere . Amsterdam, Sept. 2 (and very early in the morning it is!)— A lei...

September dispatches 2: Parliamo italiano

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Elms near Leidseplein Originally uploaded by charlesshere . Amsterdam, September 1 A long rest and a short wrestle with technology...
Wednesday, August 31, 2005

September dispatches 1: Again to Amsterdam

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O NE OF US , I won’t specify which, determined that the bus to the airport left at 11:45, so we got to the bus stop at about 11:30. Two buss...
Wednesday, August 24, 2005

Curtis Fields

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CurtisFields Originally uploaded by charlesshere . A MAN I HARDLY KNOW sends a copy of his new book, Curtis Fields: a Lifetime in...
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Sunday, August 21, 2005

St. Helena Sunset

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St. Helena Sunset Originally uploaded by charlesshere . I’d wanted to reach this peak since my tenth year, when I began watching th...
Friday, August 19, 2005

Sorry about that...

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Y ES, I KNOW , the whole point of a blog is that it be frequent, preferably daily. I plead age: ik ben jarig, as the Dutch say, I'm year...
Monday, August 01, 2005

Comment c’est ici a cette heure...

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A  DEAR OLD FRIEND spent the afternoon yesterday. He’s French, a Parisian, and intelligent, somewhat reflective man though a very active ...
Sunday, July 24, 2005

Well, of course it’s not that simple...

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T HE DISCUSSION CONTINUES re. food costs, quality, and quantity. The issues raised Friday by Julie Powell (see below for web citation) were...
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Saturday, July 23, 2005

The ethics of organic food

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A FEW FRIENDS ASK what I think of an op-ed by Julie Powell in yesterday’s New York Times , “Don't Get Fresh With Me!”. Not much, real...
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