Monthly Archives: April 2016

Baseball is obviously a team sport, as opposed to tennis or wrestling or any of the contests in which the competition is solely between two combatants.  Yet the principal drama is between the hurler and the hitter on every pitch, … Continue reading →

I received the following message this morning, and was moved by this phrase: “In lieu of flowers, the family requests those touched by Dr. Alexander’s life to extend their hand in random acts of kindness.” What a wonderful gesture.  Wouldn’t … Continue reading →

After getting off to a surprisingly good start for the first 10 games, the Phillies reminded their fans why they will battle the Atlanta Braves this year for the basement in the NL East.  Their offense has disappeared, and their … Continue reading →

If you need to ask, you don’t need to know.

Nice time of year to be here …  

The Villanova Wildcats are a basketball team of students who play for a Roman Catholic University located  12 miles West of Center City Philly.  Philadelphia is so starved for sports teams with success that the City’s fans follow “The Big … Continue reading →

Joyce Carol Oates is a prolific writer, author of 41 novels from 1964 through 2015.  I rarely read novels, so it would have been very unlikely that I’d pull her book off the shelf at Booktowne in Manasquan while my … Continue reading →