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Month: March 2014

A letter to Mick Jagger

A letter to Mick Jagger

Posted on March 19, 2014January 8, 2022 by Clay

You and I don’t know each other but I do know a little about what you’re surely experiencing right now. You said you…

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You're welcome

You’re welcome

Posted on March 18, 2014January 8, 2022 by Clay

I read something recently about the need to teach kids – girls especially? – to say “thank you” more often, instead of brushing…

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Laurie Colwin

Laurie Colwin

Posted on March 17, 2014January 8, 2022 by Clay

It doesn’t require much prompting for me to wax lyrical about Julia Child and her strong influence on my deep interest in cooking….

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What I did with my birthday lamb

What I did with my birthday lamb

Posted on March 15, 2014January 8, 2022 by Clay

Almost six months ago I celebrated my birthday by cutting up the carcass of a lamb. That might not be everybody’s idea of…

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Riley the cat

Riley the cat

Posted on March 15, 2014January 8, 2022 by Clay

Riley gets considerable attention in social media but today I’m giving him some space here. He is a cat who knows how to…

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BuzzFeed quizzes

BuzzFeed quizzes

Posted on March 8, 2014January 8, 2022 by Clay

The BuzzFeed Quiz spigot is open all the way lately. I’ve learned which U.S. president I am, which Gone with the Wind character…

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Further adventures in dreamland

Further adventures in dreamland

Posted on March 5, 2014January 8, 2022 by Clay

Picture an old department store, a store with a central atrium onto which every floor opens. Marshall Field’s in Chicago and Galeries Lafayette…

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Coffee cups in movies

Coffee cups in movies

Posted on March 2, 2014January 8, 2022 by Clay

In Robert Benchley’s collection of essays titled My Ten Years in a Quandary and How They Grew there is a piece called “Movie…

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No appeal (Part 2)

No appeal (Part 2)

Posted on March 1, 2014January 8, 2022 by Clay

Recently I enumerated some activities in which I don’t care to engage. I indicated at the time that that list was by no…

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