There wasn’t much to anticipate in Summer 2020. There would be no outdoor music, no swimming pools, no tasty cocktails under a night sky at the neighborhood watering hole. But you all know…

J Recommends… I’ve read my favorite book of 2020 so far, and I can’t see it getting knocked into second place. Utopia Avenue, by David Mitchell, is a story about a British band,…

Hi reader buddies, I came across an article the other day written by someone who was not just wearied by the lockdown and virus but confessed he was also tired of staying in…

J writes… Back in late Fall (last year, 2019), I read an article in the New Yorker by Dan Piepenbring. It was about being selected by Prince to help write his memoir. The…

Consistently inconsistent is what comes to mind when I listen to people discuss their reactions to the on-going pandemic and lock-down. Their descriptions of personal feelings gallop willy-nilly, even in the shortest conversations.…