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The Language of Old Magazines: Part Two [by Amy Allara]
“Coming events cast their shadows before” wrote the English poet Thomas Campbell—and according to Alfred Lindsay Morgan in his March 1949 Etude article “Winter’s End Radio Programs At Their Height”, “Radio belies the frequently…
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A June Afternoon – the Mets and Royals at Citi Field [by Greg Pattenaude]
I always enjoyed taking a day off from work in June to attend a Mets afternoon game. The schedule maker hasn’t been as kind in recent years in making this event possible. And even…
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Letter from London: Life in the Referendum #3
"Now, what was it I had to do today?" Now, I haven't been out yet – kept awake half the night by last night's epic thunderstorm, which has incidentally flooded half of London and the Southeast…
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The Language of Old Magazines: Part One [by Amy Allara]
The next two posts pick up where I left off during a prior week as guest author. I once again dug out my old Etude magazines and once again was not disappointed. The language…
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Letters from London: Life in the Referendum #2
'Twas the night before Brexit, and all through the house… … we're not sure if we're waiting for Santa or Nosferatu. Tonight, everything is hushed. Where I'm sitting in northeast London there's a lightning storm…
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Letters from London: Life in the Referendum #1
The Day Before the Referendum Today is the day before the UK goes out to vote in a (thankfully) once-in-a-lifetime referendum on whether to leave the EU, or to remain in it. The atmosphere…
