What is in the air?

by Kevin T McEneaney Anticipating a monster snowstorm, I prefer to catnap before the storm. A big snowstorm delivers hushed quiet which makes me feel relaxed yet more alert. Over…

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God is Always with us

Pic from NASA by Kevin T McEneaney Few tongues speak the language of God, which is not found in Greek or Hebrew. The language of God is mathematics: not many…

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Smoke, mirrors, and wood pellets

by Bill Schlesinger Wood-pellet producer, Enviva, recently announced that it would double its harvest of forest biomass in the Southeast as a contribution to reducing the impact of climate change. …

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Antics of a Shamanic Librarian

Book cover From Deadbeat to Dean: Underground: A Memoir. Peter McDonald. Library Juice Press, Sacramento, CA, 2022. by Tonia Shoumatoff Peter McDonald’s saga about his peregrinations from punk rock promoter…

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Cool Jimmy Greene Quartet at Hudson Hall

From left: Christian Sands, Reuben Rogers, Jimmy Greene, Jonathan Barber Lift every voice and singTill earth and heaven ringRing with the harmonies of LibertyLet our rejoicing riseHigh as the listening…

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Watts Cabaret at Hudson Hall

From left: Zwelakhe-Duma Bell le Pere, Daniel J. Watts, Jake Goldbas by Kevin T McEneaney The annual February two-week long Hudson Hall Lift Every Voice features contemporary African American performers.…

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The Heart Unfolding

by Kevin T McEneaney Valentine’s Day brims with mythology, whether Valentine or aggrieved Hamlet (as well as Romeo and Juliet) plus, billions of lovers in history, sketching lines of unknown…

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What’s in the Traveling Case?

by Kevin T McEneaney A master guitar player can hang you up on a note, thrill you with a quick chord, make you dream a dream you wanted to dream,…

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Legacy Mercury

by Bill Schlesinger Legacy pollution occurs when emissions of a pollutant from long ago persist in the environment and return to impact us at a later time.  About 8 months…

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A History of Snow

by Kevin T McEneaney A vague beginning, unknowable end, in terms of timeline, and when it’s working, as it is now, one cannot calculate the number of snowflakes falling right…

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