Monthly Archives: March 2010

A Continuing Purge

In a recent article I thrilled readers with an electrifying account of purging my house of unwanted doodads, gizmos, and stuff. Now that you’ve had a chance to catch your breath a bit, allow me to continue with a bit … Continue reading

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Secondhand Sense

Of late I’ve entered Purge Mode. Having re-arranged my living/dining area to accomodate my glorious new B&W 803D speakers, I began casting a beady eye at the piles of orphaned items that have been accumulating over time. I am an … Continue reading

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On Roast Chicken

I’ve experienced an epiphany of late concerning, of all things, the humdrum business of roasting a chicken. For many years I have sworn by the Julia Child technique, as laid out in careful detail in “Mastering the Art of French … Continue reading

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Change in Music

Recently I’ve come across an intriguing article, by Samuel Arbesman in the Boston Globe, that introduces the notion of the “mesofact”—i.e., the fact that changes slowly, somewhere between (meso-) the two more common kinds of facts: the long-term and relatively … Continue reading

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