The Snowing of the Pines Softer than silence, stiller than still air, Float down from high pine boughs the slender leaves. The forest floor its annual boon receives That comes like snowfall, tireless, tranquil, fair. …
December 6, 2018
News & Stories
Emily Dickinson’s literary mentor
In the company of cats
Autumn in Paris! I’m in a French-feeling patio with about eight wood-slat tables under a big tree. Fall leaves saucer down in the breeze. We’re in the Gaslamp’s Chinatown area at 3rd and Island. “The …
December 6, 2018
From the human misery files
On November 20, 2013, Ron started his day early. It was a Wednesday, and he met one of his cousins at her work at 7 am — that was when her workday finished. Together, they …
December 6, 2018
November 29 Brainstorm Contenders
Joseph Ciprian, San Diego, 36. Robert Ott, Mira Mesa, 12. Randy Paddock, San Diego, 12. K.J. Rayner, San Diego, 12. Thomas McVeagh, Lakeside, 11. Johanna Barry, Pine Valley, 9. Greg Bergeron, Tierrasanta, 9. Martin Soblick, …
December 6, 2018
November 29 Crossword Contenders
Joseph Ciprian, San Diego, 42. Martin Soblick, Del Mar, 40. Jon Christianson, El Cajon, 38. Ron Meyer, Santee, 38. Maria Coda, Oceanside, 36. Evelyn Bowser, San Diego, 35. Dennis Butterworth, San Diego, 35. Richard Hutchings, …
December 6, 2018
November 29 Sudoku Contenders
Elliot Rosenberg, La Jolla, 44. Joseph Ciprian, San Diego, 40. Thomas LaFleur, San Diego, 40. Ralph Levy, La Jolla, 39. Isabella Bosch-Sorensen, San Diego, 38. Sheila Brown, Golden Hill, 37. XP Liang, San Diego, 37. …
December 6, 2018
The Favourite: Pretty ugly people
At the outset of The Favourite, director Yorgos Lanthimos’ scabrous and nihilistic romp amid the English royals, Emma Stone — playing Abigail, a clever girl from a fallen family — faces an unpleasant choice: either …
December 6, 2018
Arrivederci, Roma
A bucketful of soap suds splashes across a row of tiles, transforming a square of garage floor into a mirror awash with the reflection of an airplane hovering in the sky above. The long take …
December 6, 2018
Unleash the fire
Castle’s video for "Deal Thy Fate," the title tune of their new album, shows them mostly romping under Mojave heat near the band’s pad in Joshua Tree; but it throws in some eerie things materializing …
December 6, 2018
Brothers to Brotherhood
Chris Robinson is long of beard and graying, but still in possession of the skills that pushed his old band the Black Crowes to another level entirely. Back then, in front of the Crowes, Robinson …
December 6, 2018
Aboriginal Beatle Puppies
Klezmer musicologist Yale Strom has a new album with his Broken Consort, Shimmering Lights, featuring traditional Yiddish, Ladino, and Hebrew Khanike songs inspired by the sounds of Morocco, Poland, Spain, and elsewhere. "We have a …
December 6, 2018