Events that crossed my radar and memories, these many years later. This effort is aided and abetted by reviewing Wikipedia’s listings of each year’s events, in this case, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970 and 1971. These five years, as I aged from 8 to 13 in Florida and New Jersey, were pivotal in forming my personality, memories and tastes. …
Books that have carried weight with me over time. I will quickly admit that I am not a literary person and I take no pride in the depth (or lack thereof) of this list. I’d like to think that will change over time, but it hasn’t yet. The truth is that music, TV, movies, and …
This is a page to track things I’ve read recently and over time. I don’t read as many books as I’d like, but hope to do more. The Last Kings of Shanghai: The Rival Jewish Dynasties That Helped Create Modern China, Jonathan Kaufman, May 2024. I learned about this book via an advertisement for an …