For something completely different, there’s a song in my cold, black heart. This time, the culprits are Rodgers and Hammerstein, the dynamic duo that dominated the Great White Way for decades …
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By JONATHAN CHARLES FOX
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6/21/22
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I don’t know much about astrology, astronomy, Roman mythology, planetary alignments or chemical elements, but Mercury, in one form or another, seems to be ruling the day. During my years in …
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By JONATHAN CHARLES FOX
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5/25/22
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If I were going to incorporate this past week, and had a degree with which to back it up, that would be the name of my firm. To be fair, I’m usually all of those things most of the time, but …
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By JONATHAN CHARLES FOX
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5/11/22
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“Sunday, March 20—Spring begins.” That’s what it says on my calendar as I write this column, and when I read the words aloud to Dharma the Wonder Dog, my heart skipped a beat …
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By JONATHAN CHARLES FOX
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3/24/22
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There’s an old animated short film by that name, played in movie theaters long before my time. It was directed by famed animation director Dave Fleischer (think “Betty Boop,” …
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By JONATHAN CHARLES FOX
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2/17/22
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Ah, Halloween! How do I love thee? Let me count the ways. Costumes, candy and things that go bump in the night top the list, but more than that, I love seeing and photographing kids having the time …
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By JONATHAN CHARLES FOX
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10/27/21
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Throwback Thursday
[Photo gallery]
For those of you who don’t spend endless mind-numbing hours online (like me), it’s a thing. So much so that it’s even made it to The Google.
“Throwback Thursday is an …
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By JONATHAN CHARLES FOX
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7/14/21
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The following is an excerpt from a blurb that caught my eye online a few weeks ago: “Join us on Saturday, June 26 at 7:30 p.m. at Farm Arts Collective (FAC) for a magical midsummer night of …
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By JONATHAN CHARLES FOX
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6/30/21
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It’s hard to believe that summer is already upon us, especially for those of you who are new to the region and thought that winter would never end. On the flip side, spring was particularly …
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By JONATHAN CHARLES FOX
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6/23/21
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If you haven’t heard of the old adage, it’s fairly simple, straightforward and to the point: “Anything that can go wrong will go wrong.”
I’m not sure that …
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By JONATHAN CHARLES FOX
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6/16/21
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The above title refers to an old nursery rhyme, which reads like this:
“Mary, Mary, quite contrary,
how does your garden grow?
With silver bells and cockleshells
and pretty maids …
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By JONATHAN CHARLES FOX
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5/26/21
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As it happens, pretty darn green. Truthfully, I’m not a big fan of the color, except where nature is concerned. There are exceptions to the rule, of course, and so many hues to choose from. …
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By JONATHAN CHARLES FOX
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5/5/21
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For those of you new to the area, have no fear. Art is alive and thriving here in the mountains. Granted, none of us have been visiting galleries recently, but they dot the landscape throughout the …
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By JONATHAN CHARLES FOX
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4/14/21
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For something completely different, I’m having issues. This time, it’s my eyes, which is “serious, and nothing to fool around with” according to my ophthalmologist, as if I …
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By JONATHAN CHARLES FOX
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3/16/21
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“Five hundred twenty-five thousand moments so dear. Five hundred twenty-five thousand six hundred minutes—how do you measure, measure a year?”
Those words were written and …
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By JONATHAN CHARLES FOX
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3/10/21
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I was slightly nervous about going in for a COVID-19 test. Even though I had no reason to suspect that I might have contracted the dreaded virus, my doctor recommended it as “a matter of …
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By JONATHAN CHARLES FOX
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2/17/21
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It’s Monday, as I write this, and it’s snowing out there. I mean really, really snowing. Wasn’t it just last week that I was extolling the power of positive thinking and crowing …
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By JONATHAN CHARLES FOX
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2/3/21
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I can’t recall exactly when I first heard the term “retail therapy,” but I do know who said it. It was my friend, Robin, who—along with her mother, Rosalie—owned a …
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By JONATHAN CHARLES FOX
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1/20/21
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We’ve all heard it bandied about: “Red sky at night, sailor’s delight; red sky at morning, sailors take warning,” but is there any validity to the old proverb? According to …
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By JONATHAN CHARLES FOX
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1/6/21
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With what turned out to be a fairly weird Thanksgiving behind us, and what could easily be a bizarre Christmas and Kwanzaa ahead, here comes Hanukkah, hot on their heels. The Festival of Lights …
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By JONATHAN CHARLES FOX
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12/9/20
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