Reading: A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara
Video: The second season of “Better Call Saul”
Audio: Shankar Vedantam’s “Hidden Brain” podcast
Art: A trip to the Guggenheim (it’s been a while!) Continue reading “Passing Fancies ~ March 2016”
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Passing Fancies: February 2015
Reading: Just finished Shirley Jackson’s The Road Through the Wall
Video: A bootleg copy of The Revenant
Audio: Still paying homage to David Bowie Continue reading “Passing Fancies: February 2015”
Passing Fancies, January 2016
Reading: Colm Tóibín’s Brooklyn
Video: The final season of Downton Abbey…and I’ve recently gotten hooked on The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
Audio: Bowie, Bowie, Bowie.
Passing Fancies ~ December 2015
Reading: The Lost Painting: The Quest for a Caravaggio Masterpiece by Jonathan Harr. I’ve had a used copy on my bookshelf for years. No idea why I’ve taken this long to get around to reading it.
Video: Mr. TC and I just started watching “Jessica Jones” on Netflix this week.
Audio: Classic recordings from Frank Sinatra, in honor of his centennial!
Passing Fancies: November 2015
Reading: I’m revisiting The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe at bedtime these days. It delights and amazes me just as much as when I was in first grade.
Video: I enjoyed “Home Fires” — I didn’t love it, but it’s good fun and I love the costumes. Now I want to wear floral dresses, cardigans, and sensible shoes. Oh, wait — I’m already doing that.
Audio: Echo & The Bunnymen’s Songs to Learn & Sing just turned thirty years old. Wow.
Art: “Kongo: Power and Majesty” at the Met.
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