October 2021
28 articles published this month.
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Worth Reading
Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World
Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World By Haruki Murakami 416 pages Paperback published in 1993 by Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group This was my book club’s book for October. I’d heard of the author…
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Dream/Killer
Dream/Killer Initially released May 4, 2015 Now available on various streaming services, including Netflix and Amazon Prime Directed by Andrew Jenks Starring Bill Ferguson, Leslie Ferguson, Ryan Ferguson…
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Exploring Paradise Palms Conservatory's Broom Palm
A peek inside Paradise Palms Conservatory and Gardens… Broom Palm (Coccothrinax argentea) Also known as Hispaniola Silver Thatch or Cana Palm, this palm is endemic to Hispaniola. It is a fan palm with…
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Notes From My Journal
Bits and Pieces — October 29, 2021
Everything You Need to Know About Impressionism in 5 Minutes Most people that like modern art like Impressionist paintings. I wish that weren’t true. But it is. Impressionism was an artistic movement that…
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Simple Desk Stretches For Chronic Laptop Workers
If you spend, as I do, 8 to 10 hours a day seated, hunched forward, and working on a laptop, you’re going to have all sorts of physical problems. Here is a very simple way of dealing with that.
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From My Work-in-Progress Basket
COVID Lockdown Update: America’s Restaurants Are Being Decimated
DS, a friend, is the CEO of a substantial restaurant chain. We’ve been talking about the extreme challenges that her industry has been facing since the COVID lockdown began. Between the near-hysterical fear…
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Hidden Talent Waiting In Plain Sight
There are so many talented people out there in the crowd…click here.
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Bits and Pieces — October 22, 2021
Diversity Quotas – Do Advocates Really Believe in Them? Wokeness: the pathology of believing one can be virtuous by advocating ideas one hasn’t thought about. Example… Diversity quotas: the policy of…
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How Much Do You Know About Civil War Battles?
Click here to take this little self-test from the Quiz Daily website. (I got 11 out of 12 right.)
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Notes From My Journal
How to Find Years of Enjoyment in a Moldy, 50-Cent, Garage-Sale Book
I have this beautiful old book. It is hardbound, 500 pages thick, and has the potential to provide me with hundreds or even thousands of hours of learning and pleasure. Titled Spanish – A Basic Course, and…
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Our book, Central American Modernism, continues to get critical acclaim from influential people in the art world…
The digital magazine Carátula recently published 2 enthusiastic articles about the book that Suzanne and I worked so hard to put together and publish. The articles appeared in a special issue commemorating the…
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From My Work-in-Progress Basket
Finally… Everything You’ll Ever Need to Know About
Roman Architecture, Pt. 1: Ancient vs. Classical Rome is my favorite city to indulge my curiosity. During a 15-minute stroll, you can pass the foundation of a temple built prior to the birth of Christ, a…
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Jennifer Holliday's Powerhouse Performance In Dreamgirls
JM sent me this after reading what I said about Jennifer Hudson’s amazing singing in my review of the movie Respect. This is another amazing performance by another Jennifer – Jennifer Holliday – singing “And I…
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The Art of Playing Defense: How to Get Ahead by Not Falling Behind
The Art of Playing Defense: How to Get Ahead by Not Falling Behind 236 pages Published May 18, 2021 by Lioncrest Publishing In The Art of Playing Defense, Whitney Tilson talks about what it takes to have a…
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Erin Brockovich
Erin Brockovich Released March 17, 2000 Available on Amazon Prime and other streaming services Directed by Steven Soderbergh Starring Julia Roberts, Albert Finney, Aaron Eckhart It had been 20 years since I…
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Beatbox and Dance Collide at Guggenheim
Fusing beatbox with street dance, “The Missing Element” was commissioned for the Guggenheim’s Works & Process project to marry the cypher, widely found in rap, beatbox, and breakdancing, with the circular…
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Notes From My Journal
Bits and Pieces — October 15, 2021
GOOD: Recommended by Tim Ferriss – an essay in three parts by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, a Nigerian author whose books include We Should All Be Feminists. Ferriss says: “Everyone should read this essay. It’s a…
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Old Men Golfing
I’m in Myrtle Beach this week, golfing with some old friends. We were old friends – in the sense of having known one another for many years – when we began this yearly reunion in the 1990s. Now, in our…
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Old Man Humor
Another indignity of old age is the disintegration of critical skills, particularly when it comes to humor. In between our yearly get togethers, the 12 of us stay in touch by email, exchanging what is commonly…
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Robin Williams On Golf's Absurd Origins
Speaking of golf, here’s a brilliant bit by Robin Williams on “the invention of golf”.
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My Car in Managua
My Car in Managua By Forrest D. Colburn 135 pages Published in 1991 by University of Texas Press My Car in Nicaragua was recommended by a friend and board member of FunLimon, our community development center…
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Kill The Messenger
Kill The Messenger Released October 9, 2014 Available on multiple streaming services Directed by Michael Cuesta Starring Jeremy Renner, Robert Patrick, Jena Sims A gripping political/crime drama based on the…
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A Brief History of Nicaragua
Nicaragua has always been an agricultural economy. Before the 1979 revolution, most of the productive farmland was owned by a handful of very wealthy landholders. That said, Nicaragua’s GDP (gross domestic…
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Inside Paradise Palms: A Delray Beach Garden Tour
A peek inside Paradise Palms, my botanical and sculpture gardens in Delray Beach… Fruit of a Blue Latan Palm (Latania loddigesii) Native to Mauritius, these palms grow up to 30 ft tall and 15 ft wide, with…
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Notes From My Journal
Bits and Pieces — October 7, 2021
Can You Beat the Market? The last 20 years have been good for investors in REITs (10%), decent for anyone that invested in index funds (7.5%), and satisfactory for risk-averse investors that put their savings…
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Stop the Nov. 18 Execution of Julius Jones, an Innocent Man on Oklahoma’s Death Row!
From the Innocence Project… Stop the Nov. 18 Execution of Julius Jones, an Innocent Man on Oklahoma’s Death Row! Julius Jones has spent half his life in prison for a crime he’s always said he didn’t commit…
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Murals & Marbles From Suzanne in Honduras
Enjoy the photos that Suzanne included in her email. And check out the link to Byron Mejia. (If you’re interested in hearing more about Suzanne’s adventures in Central America, send her your email address – to…
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Ford Fine Art Unveils New Collection Across Two Galleries
The catalog for Ford Fine Art’s latest collection is out – including pieces available at our Florida gallery, as well as at Galería Rancho Santana in Nicaragua. Click here to take a look.
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