The things we do to the earth

Eugene Roche was one of those actors we all know — the kind with the familiar face, but the unknown name. Roche died last week of a heart attack at 75. He’s a face we have all seen, but even when reading a  [more...]

You should see me — grating lemons and making a lemon pie, which has just come out of the oven with slightly browned peaks of meringue; now sitting back on the couch, on which I have placed two fluffy pillows  [more...]

Wow – this is a sad shock. Christopher Reeve, the star of the “Superman” movies whose near-fatal riding accident nine years ago turned him into a worldwide advocate for spinal cord research, died  [more...]