Author Archives: Rich
All Summer Breakfast, Act I
So, you know, my dad & I go to breakfast every Sunday at 7:30. This summer, the weekend before Memorial Day as local businesses were beginning to unfurl their awnings, the Judge issued the following edict: that we should go … Continue reading
The Whitmaniacs.
So Tyler & I decided to take a trip to Walt Whitman’s house in Camden on Friday. For years I’ve wanted to make the pilgrimage. “Do you know why the bridge is named for him?” I’ve asked students, and they … Continue reading
This Week in Poetry; This Moment in June.
On Tuesday night, Emily & I went to The Boneyard in AC to check out John Gutts & his open mic night. On the ride home, I admitted to sometimes having a notion to start a cricket farm; to be … Continue reading
Netflix Picks for the first weekend of June.
My insistent sister wants me to start weekly recommendations for shows and movies she can watch instantly on Netflix. She has no cable but does have an Internet-ready TV in her attic apartment in Hudson; this is very much the … Continue reading
Notes from a Weekend Spent in Hudson.
I spent Memorial Day weekend with my little sister up in Hudson, NY. It was a lovely escape: from the preoccupations of people & place that one has at home. On my way up, I stopped at Storm King. My … Continue reading
An Apt Expression.
I have started watching (ok, re-watching; fine, re-re-watching) the TV series Felicity on Netflix InstantWatch this week. I text my sister: “The summer of Felicity has begun!” (Two summers ago it was “The Summer of Daria,” which, granted, might have been … Continue reading
Connections.
Even though it is not yet Memorial Day, it’s sort of the academic’s summer already. Graduation last week (last post). Now summer classes have started. Friday Miss Williams and I took to Atlantic City. Saturday I went to Margate with … Continue reading
On Commencement and Analepsis Shock.
We had commencement at the college in Mays Landing today. It was a perfect day; the kind of day in May that is cool and when everything is in bloom (the graduates; the trees) and when one wants never to … Continue reading
Who Said It This Week? (5/8–5/15)
Match the texts with the authors: A. Caroline B. Miss Williams C. Winters D. Effie/maman E. Rachel/my little sister 1. “So, I just realized that all of the classical great earth-shattering jazz recordings of the 50s… Like Miles Davis, John … Continue reading
Excerpts from a Friday Night Conversation on Miss Williams’ Porch.
Miss Williams! Mr. Russell! Your present, Mr. Russell! I love it! I love. This summer: terrariums and Cornell boxes, then! (And alleyways. And Whitman. And Wilde. But no more Bosies. Bosies are bad for business.) I brought you a few … Continue reading
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