Just one thought at the start of the annual olive harvest: I love the little tug and the almost inaudible sound — phut! — when I pull the olives off the branch.
This year, I seem to have double the usual amount of olives. Hope the weather holds.
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Lou Reed’s death has made me think back — yipes — more than 40 years to the two times I met him: when he partied at my parents’ house twice after shows in Philadelphia….. I wrote about it, of course….(The editor, alas, took out the lines noting that
Detail of the painting on the Gwozdziec ceiling. Photo
During the American History Show. Photo
Chmielnik synagogue. Photo
Steve Weintraub with pictures of Jewish figurines, Krakow, July 2013. Photo
Piazza Palatucci
By Ruth Ellen Gruber, June 24, 2013
I’ve written about the new thriller by Adam LeBor, “The Geneva Option” — LeBor talks about fiction writing versus non-fiction writing.
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Banjo Romanitka, the documentary about Czech bluegrass that I helped out on is about to launch!
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