The Eastside View

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

Friday, July 18, 2014

On death

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“ D EATH JUST MEANS YOU'RE NOT INVOLVED ANY MORE. —Wendell Berry ”
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Wednesday, July 09, 2014

Easy reading

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•Célestine Vaita: Breadfruit . New York and Boston: Little, Brown and Co., 2006 ISBN 978-0-316-01658-2 •Célestine Vaita: Frangipani . New Yo...
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Tuesday, July 08, 2014

On translation

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•David Bellos: Is that a fish in your ear? Translation and the meaning of everything. New York: Faber and Faber, 2011; 978-0-86547-857-2 for...
Wednesday, July 02, 2014

Robert Erickson: the quartets

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T HIS IS HOW I like to remember Robert Erickson; he looked very much like this, as I recall, when I first met him, in 1963 or so. He was th...
Saturday, June 21, 2014

Timothy Buckallew Shere

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Photo: Jim Shere, 2012 Eastside Road, June 21, 2014— I   HAD HOPED to report here on a fine road trip we have just taken, four thousand mil...
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Saturday, June 07, 2014

A rant on pronunciation

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WE'VE BEEN ON the road for nearly two weeks, and blogging has suffered — both here and over at Eating Every Day. Most of my jotting has ...
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Tuesday, May 20, 2014

Horace: Diffugere nives

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With profound thanks to Bhishma Xenotechnites ( Finished for now, and constructive comments welcomed below —) ( Well, then, here's the ...
Sunday, May 18, 2014

Tribes

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• Nina Raine: Tribes Beth: Anita Carey Billy: James Caverly Daniel: Dan Clegg Sylvia: Christine Albright Ruth: Elizabeth Morton Christopher...
Monday, May 05, 2014

Barns, and a personal note

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P ERSONAL NOTE first: I named this blog in a hurry, as one often names things, but with little or no subsequent regret. I live on Eastside ...
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Sunday, April 27, 2014

Three photos from Facebook

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I MAKE NO APOLOGIES for spending time on Facebook, where I "follow" a great many "friends" (and, of course, family) sca...
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Wednesday, April 16, 2014

Alexander Calder in Los Angeles

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Installation photograph, Calder and Abstraction: From Avant-Garde to Iconic, through July 27, 2014, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, © Cald...
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Tuesday, April 15, 2014

Three plays in Pasadena: Tartuffe; Macbeth; Come Back, Little Sheba

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•Molière: Tartuffe , translated by Richard Wilbur. In repertory through May 24 •Shakespeare: Macbeth. In repertory through May 11 •William I...
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