A 13TH-CENTURY PUZZLE, PART 2
ASSUMING YOU read Part 1 here yesterday, you now know as much about the Voynich Manuscript as I did half-way through reading Meehan Crist’s “Who Knows?”, a book review of … Continue reading
A 13TH-CENTURY PUZZLE, PART 1
HAVE YOU ever heard of the Voynich Manuscript? Me neither. Until the London Review of Books, July 27, 2017, and Meehan Crist’s article “Who Knows?” Crist’s review of the book … Continue reading
MEDIEVAL DNA SLEUTHING
A TWELFTH-CENTURY Gospel of Luke and an even older York Gospels are giving today’s bookworm biologists an opportunity to study the actions of actual 900-year-old book worms in these medieval … Continue reading
HE USTA SAY “#&*@!!”
DEAR CHILDREN, there was a time, not all that long ago, when we could shield you from the vulgarities of life. Soon enough, lamentably, you’d hear older kids speaking “potty-mouth.” … Continue reading
ON POLITICIANS AND HYPOCRISY
THESE DAYS, “politician” and “hypocrisy” are naturals in a word-association test. Our current lamentable state encouraged me to do some etymological research on this word pair. My old pals Merriam-Webster … Continue reading
CELEBRATING WILL CUPPY—SATIRIST EXTRAORDINAIRE
WILL CUPPY is my favorite satirist; this, at a time when I find satire an immense comfort. I wonder how widespread Cuppy’s fame is? Cuppy, Indiana-born and raised, inherited the … Continue reading
FLW AT MoMA, PART 2
NEW YORK City’s Museum of Modern Art is celebrating FLW’s sesquicentennial with “Frank Lloyd Wright at 150: Unpacking the Archive.” Yesterday’s armchair tour here at SimanaitisSays focused on FLW’s works … Continue reading
FLW AT MoMA, PART 1
THIS YEAR is the sesquicentennial of Frank Lloyd Wright’s birth. New York City’s Museum of Modern Art is celebrating this with its “Frank Lloyd Wright at 150: Unpacking the Archive.” … Continue reading
OPEN WIDE, THEN RINSE
PRAISE FOR our rock-star guitarist/car nut/dentist is county wide, especially among ex-R&T staff. Dr. Eric Prouty is a skilled, compassionate, and most modern of dental practitioners as well. It’s one … Continue reading
THROUGH AN OPERAGLASS, WITH TIME TRAVEL, PART 2
CHARLES ANNESLEY sure knew his operas, all 151 of them discussed in his 1910 guide. Yesterday’s Annesley time capsule focused on Puccini; today, the Wagner family appears in all its … Continue reading
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