When I was in Hanoi, one of my fave breakfasts came from a lady at the corner of the alleyway just down the way from my hotel. She had a sign that read XOI, which is sticky rice, but when you asked for some she… Read More
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Mary Jane
Here’s David Bromberg performing a tune he learned while attending Columbia University in the early 60s….
Go with Vox
Last night we adjusted the handicap. I continued to give Vox 2 stones, but instead of receiving 6.5 points komi, I only received .5 points. I won 3 of the 5 games. We each won two games by decisive margins and I won the third… Read More
Rough and Rowdy Ways
The last thing I expected this spring was an album from old weird Bob Dylan that would stop me in my tracks, but that’s exactly what he delivered today with his first collection of original songs in 8 years. There were hints, when the stream… Read More
Go with Vox
Is it better to say I had a good night or Vox had a bad one last evening? We played 5 games and I won all of them by more than the value of komi: 7.5, 24.5, 8.5, resignation, and 11.5. He was not able… Read More
Imagination Station #1
Supernatural beings such as pixies, trolls, fairies, elves and so on need to live somewhere. That’s why in our garden I’ve built some imagination stations. We have lots of mature trees and shrubs out back. I decided rather than discarding garden waste like branches and… Read More
Art in the Gardens
Over the years, we’ve integrated all kinds of artwork into our gardens here at 27th Street. I love these two sculptures by Scott Childs. A recent addition is this sculpture by Jacob Yerex. We’ve installed it on a copper pipe previously used for a teacup… Read More
Special Forces
The new episode of The Agency Podcast is up. It’s called Special Forces. You can listen here or find it in the usual places. One of our listeners pointed us to a strange and charming movie written by an AI! We discussed the new Spike… Read More
Titles
*FREE BOOKS* There has been a great deal of activity in the 27th Street Book Box lately. When we started this a few years ago we had no idea if it would be popular or not. There are some book boxes or “little free libraries”… Read More
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