Odd Books: UFOs from Behind the Iron Curtain

My favorite thing about this book is that it’s co-authored. There’s something about a co-authoring that lends a certain type…

Everyday Activism

There’s a bad case of dread going around. And it’s pretty infectious. I see one article on social about how…

Is there a more beautiful compound in the English language than birdsong? The word is itself intoxicating and just saying…

On recent evening stroll, I noticed a healthy Japanese Knotweed plant growing in front of a townhouse in my Upper…

Very little is written, or at least very little writing still exists about the Velocera, an Italian coasting ship. This…

It was estimated that 1,250,0000 butterflies passed a given point every minute of daylight. And the flight continued for 18 days.

Since my folks are visiting from out of town, I did what any good New Yorker would do and put…

Many years ago I went to the Django Reinhardt Festival in the small provincial town of Samois-sur-Seine, France. A week…

In the 1980s, Americans started getting sick at work. Their heads ached. Their eyes, noses, and throats itched. Many complained…

On a particularly hot Sunday, I set out towards MoMA to see Bodys Isek Kingelez: City Dreams. That the trains…