Archive for the 'nostalgia' Category

The End of the “Ons:” Some Music, Maestro, Please!
November 20, 2007

 
Although I place a high value on feelings like compassion and gratitude, I think its gotten far too serious over here. I’ve had two days of not writing about food on my cooking blog, and a protracted period of not writing about anything vaguely amusing on my “fun” blog. Believe you me; I have enough [...]

On Nostalgia
November 2, 2007

I still remember the night in 1979 when I looked out the window of the Oberlin Inn and watched snow fall on Tappan Square. I felt a peace, and a rightness about my audition for the Oberlin Conservatory earlier that day, and about the little college, the town, and the world in general. Unfortunately, when [...]