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CONSEQUENCE? Or the slippery art of getting off scot free By Krista Madsen– THREE BAD MEN “An eye for an eye will the leave whole world blind” (said Gandhi), so I don’t believe in the petty tit-for-tat of revenge, but I do think, and our justice system general... More »
WINDOW TO THE WORLD: More (im)material messages from the ISS By Krista Madsen– MATERIAL A few weeks ago, I made 16 circuits around Earth immersed in the Orbital novel based on the pragmatics, perspective, and poetry of life on the International Space Station. ... More »
“CHEMISTRY” is…Chemical: Deciphering the complicated science of spark By Krista Madsen– WRONG AS RAIN Before I return to the ISS as promised for round two with Orbital, life on Earth has sufficiently distracted me into a different (if annoyingly recurring) top... More »
PERSPECTIVE: All the angles on what “is” from the ISS By Krista Madsen– When I was a kid, I wanted to be a bird. I fantasized about flight, and the double meaning of flight: escape. Oh how I wanted to soar with wings taut and just glide the air currents the wa... More »
By Sue Treiman– Local realtors expect Westchester to remain a red-hot real estate market during the warmest months of 2024, but the sizzling temperature may be slightly dissipating. An April uptick in the number of new homes offered for sale suggests a better ... More »
In this edition: Dealing with conflict at family weddings and navigating tricky political discussions by Donna C. Moss, MA, LCSW-R, CEAP Dear Donna, My niece’s wedding is coming up soon. The problem is her sister is not talking to my daughter. Plus, both my ... More »
“CHEMISTRY” is…Chemical: Deciphering the complicated science of spark By Krista Madsen– Chemistry is the scientific study of the properties and behavior of matter. More specifically, according to the Cambridge Dictionary: “the scientific study of the basic cha... More »
By Shana Liebman– On May 16, the much-anticipated Club Car Grille officially opened in the former River City Grille space in Irvington. By 5:00 p.m., the restaurant (which seats around 70 in the dining room and 25 at the bar) was bustling with enthusiastic din... More »
GOLDEN RECORD RE-SPIN: Instructions and a map for life unexpected By Krista Madsen– For Valentine’s Day, I wrote about the love story underneath the making of the Golden Record hurtling through outer space since 1977. Now in honor of National Space Day (Saturd... More »
MAYDAY, MAYDAY, MAYDAY: Help x 3 with scenes from Bosch By Krista Madsen– In The Handmaid’s Tale—which I’ve finally just read and then binged obsessively within a one-month Hulu trial—Mayday is both a distress signal and the underground network which will sudd... More »
LAND OF AMBIGUOUS LOSS: Make a left after crossing the Uncanny Valley By Krista Madsen– When a robot—perhaps crafted to resemble a human—dares veer too uncomfortably close to anthropomorphic, we humans supposedly tend to get hit with a queasy squeamishness/r... More »
WRITER’S BLOCK…OF CLAY: The pleasure, pain and Play-Doh of creating By Krista Madsen– There have been times in my writing life—memorable, magical, rare—when the words just seemed to flow from my fingertips. Writing, for me, isn’t a brain exercise so much as so... More »
This story is from the Rivertowns Current by Janine Annett– Rivertowns residents don’t have to travel down to Brooklyn or up to Beacon to find one-of-a-kind items. During the spring and fall months, they can get all kinds of vintage and handcrafted items — p... More »
By Shana Liebman– Mazel tov to Liebman’s, the beloved, Bronx-born Jewish deli that recently opened a second spot in Ardsley. We are so happy to have you (and your half-sour pickles) here. Joe Liebman (no relation to the author) opened the first Liebman’s Deli ... More »
UMBRAPHILE: Lover of space | chaser of shadow By Krista Madsen– “BECAUSE THEY ARE HARD” We really need a Moon Moment. President John F. Kennedy had a dream that he first delivered in an address to a joint session of Congress on May 25, 1961: I believe that thi... More »
By Shana Liebman– That Family Feeling (the Main Street, Irvington sandwich spot with a mean Reuben) has been replaced by a new Italian restaurant, Mambo Italiano — opened by two former employees. Dani Berarducci, the weekend cook at That Family Feeling, says ... More »
LISTEN | SILENT: Here I am, if quietly By Krista Madsen– In similar contradictory fashion to using written words to talk about blank pages, I’ll frame a post on listening and silence in music: “It’s not the notes you play, it’s the notes you don’t play.” _Mile... More »
WHITE SPACE: “We’ll have to make little holes for the air” By Krista Madsen– Last week, after navigating the density of daily life, the earth, and the universe itself, I took a vow of silence. Not that severe, but a light goal—for a month—of trying to do less,... More »
HORROR VACUI: The unbearable density of being By Krista Madsen– OUTER SPACE I learned this expression “horror vacui” from my friend Andrew Smith who writes on the topic starting with the very crammed Garden of Earthly Delights painting by Hieronymus Bosch, fil... More »
