Calculator
by Kevin T McEneaney I get phone calls in Spanish, Korean, Chinese, and many other languages. The world is a crazy open market, raucous cacophony as Plato said, nightmare of…
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December 3, 2024
Smithfield Church Christmas Concert & Tea
Preview by Kevin T McEneaney Smithfield Church in northwest Amenia on Rte 83 will conduct its annual Christmas Concert & Tea sponsored by the Bang Family Concert Series this coming…
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December 3, 2024
The Sherman Ensemble Jazzes up December
by Kevin T McEneaney The Sherman Chamber Ensemble is not your ordinary ensemble: while it specializes in classical music, it is equally adept at various jazz genres, as well as…
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December 2, 2024
That Day of Thanks
by Kevin T McEneaney Centuries ago, turkeys filled the sky, and all one had to do was shoot upward. Ah, the poor turkey plump on the table, rich with symbolism…
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November 26, 2024
Terra String Quartet Delights at Wethersfield Estate
Terra String Quartet, winner of many international competitions, opened with String Quartet in D Minor, K. 421 (June 1783) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791). This work has recently been much-performed,…
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November 25, 2024
Fluoridation of drinking water, redux
by Bill Schlesinger Reposted from April 2016 due to the current controversy about fluorine in drinking water A few weeks ago, I read an article describing outrage among a group…
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November 24, 2024
Autumn thoughts
by Kevin T McEneaney Red, yellow, orange leaves fleeing in wind tumble on lawns, barren gardens, and roads, their colors turning to atrophied brown. The echoing sound of rattling buzz…
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November 19, 2024
Danish String Quartet Delivers Wondrous Soundscape
by Kevin T McEneaney At Trinity-Pawling School Chapel last Friday night, the Danish String Quartet offered an integrated, blended, multi-level soundscape. They opened with String Quartet, Op. 20, #3 in…
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November 16, 2024
Remembrance
Around 100 thousand years ago, we modern humans began evolving. We began accumulating things, stuff, when agriculture became a success, yet that engendered arrogant warfare to accumulate the wealth of…
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November 14, 2024
New Car Smell
by Bill Schlesinger Ah, the smell of a new car. To get inside a new car for a drive with friends is part of the American experience. The “new car…
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November 13, 2024