Monthly Archives: November 2018

On page 70 of his marvelous book, Alan Castel cites creative contributions that artists have made later in life, both large and small.  Some of those have even come in the face of considerable challenges, such as Monet’s famous water … Continue reading →

Well, our Phillies/Scorpions fell short of their goal to get into the championship game of the Arizona Fall League.  As the “regular” six week season came to a close yesterday, before the championship game schedules for tomorrow, Scottsdale found itself … Continue reading →

Well the Scorpions did yesterday what we said they had to do in order to keep their championship hopes alive.  But before we get to that, I’ll mention a great story in USA Today via the Arizona Republic about Twins’ Fall … Continue reading →

The current issue of Parabola magazine contains a marvelous article by Kenneth Krushel on his visit with Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz in Israel.  In it, he describes how he came to request the use of Rabbi Steinsaltz’s writing on Teshuva as inspiration … Continue reading →

So here we are, in the last week of the Fall League Season, with Peoria having clinched the AFL West but the East still up for grabs.  Yesterday’s Salt River extra innings loss coupled with a Scottsdale walk-off kept our … Continue reading →

1,000 Books To Read Before You Die, the life-changing list I blogged about yesterday, is a book compiled by James Mustich that lends itself to serial reading in bite size chunks.  The second of the thousand entries features the book … Continue reading →

A softer title might have been “Books To Have On Your Bucket List”, but it wouldn’t carry the same weight or urgency as “1,000 Books To Read Before You Die: A Life Changing List”.  If you’re as disinclined toward list … Continue reading →

You may recall an Old Guys Rule piece I did a couple of years ago, linked to a geriatric hangout at Dunkin’ Donuts on Pt. Pleasant Beach.  There’s a similar gang of silver princes at the B & N Cafe in … Continue reading →

Okay, I’ll be the first to admit that when I wrote on Friday I’d skip the Fall Stars Game, I anticipated that not only would the Phils’ lone representative Austin Listi not get into the contest, but even if he did … Continue reading →

So here we are at the Fall Star Break, with the Scottsdale Scorpions in a tight race to the bottom.  But hey, there are two weeks left to the season, so anything can happen!  Today’s game at the Stadium, and … Continue reading →