Dreamers Rise

More than fifteen years ago I posted a brief note about the Balkan folk-song "Mečkin Kamen" (The Bear's Rock) and its commemo...

I've been too busy of late to write anything substantial but not, happily, too busy to read. These three books have very little in commo...

This postcard of the Brooklyn Bridge and the adjacent waterfront, published by the Rotograph Co., was postmarked in 1905. Offering a view of...

This Rotograph postcard of what is now known as the Akin Free Library, located in Pawling, New York, was probably taken during the final sta...

Aloft amidst the vapors Of an early morning dew Over old Manhattan Island Comes the sunlight's golden hue. Around me mammoth buildings. ...