RM AUCTION: THE PONDER COLLECTION 2007 PART 1
I ENJOY PERUSING automotive auction catalogs. The best of them are mini histories of cars and auto memorabilia; they also evoke great reminiscences. As examples, here in Parts 1 and … Continue reading
CATS IN ART
SUSAN HERBERT STUDIED at the Ruskin School of Art. She worked and painted for the English National Opera and, more recently, has turned to prints of theatrical animals. Like me, … Continue reading
ON SPEAKING M.L.E.
REBECCA MEAD WRITES “Schoolchildren in the British capital have developed a dialect, Multicultural London English—and my American-born son is learning it.” This, from The New Yorker, February 6, 2022. It’s … Continue reading
PLAYING WASABI FUTURES PART 2
YESTERDAY, MY THREE PHOTOS of fresh wasabi prices doubling over 2014 to 2022 got me interested in the futures market of this nostril-thrilling Japanese spice. So, what’s the deal: fresh … Continue reading
PLAYING WASABI FUTURES PART 1
I CAN’T SAY I didn’t see this coming: Back on March 28, 2014, I was shopping at Mitsuwa, my local Japanese market, and marveled at the price/lb. of fresh wasabi: … Continue reading
Auto Speed and Sport, Vol. 1 No. 2
MY FIRST CAR MAG was the August 1954 issue of R&T, bought for me by my dad in a valiant effort to keep me out of local street gangs. His … Continue reading
“LEGITIMATE POLITICAL DISCOURSE”??
COME ON, REPUBLICAN leadership! How incredibly bat-shit crazy can you be?? As reported by ABC News, The New York Times, The Guardian, and other news outlets, “In an extraordinary move, … Continue reading
BUGATTI MUSINGS
UNCOVERING BUGATTI MEMORABILIA got me thinking how fortunate I’ve been in experiencing these legendary machines. I never tire of telling people (even when they tire of it…) the first sports … Continue reading
CABIN(S) IN THE SKY
RESEARCHING SOMETHING ELSE ENTIRELY, I came upon an interpretation of African American life with an all-black cast, but composed, directed, and set by three Russian guys. This Cabin in the … Continue reading
Cartoline da Collezione
TRUE, THE FOLLOWING are “collectible postcards,” but they’re also little pieces of art. Here are tidbits associated with these cartoline and their subjects. Hotel Eden, Rome. Located at Via Ludovisi, … Continue reading
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