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Buster Keaton checks his watch against a sundial
June 16, 2021June 16, 2021

Eight seconds with Buster Keaton

Charley Pride, Vince Gill, John Pardi against a desert backdrop
February 25, 2021June 17, 2021

Great country voices

February 12, 2021March 15, 2021

Schubert and the sea of choices

Henry David Thoreau portrait against a Google map of Concord, MA
February 4, 2021May 24, 2021

My neighbor Thoreau

Carol Krauss B/W portrait against orange phonograph horn
January 20, 2021March 9, 2021

Lyrical landscapes

An orange football in a grid of black-and-white Shakespeare portraits
December 9, 2020March 9, 2021

Where are the great books about high school football?

Kabuki actor paints face
November 24, 2020December 9, 2020

A lifeline from Japan

Street in Florence, Italy, with BAR sign in foreground and Palazzo Vecchio tower in background. Photo by Steve Netsky.
November 4, 2020November 13, 2020

Europe in black and white

Black and white upshot of seven tall birch trees
October 22, 2020March 17, 2021

I think that I shall never see

J.S. Bach in gray tones with yellow hightlights
October 10, 2020March 15, 2021

Powered by Bach

Vladimir Nabokov, age 2, in high chair against a backdrop of oranges
October 9, 2020March 9, 2021

The toddler’s predicament

September 25, 2020November 18, 2020

Is every child an artist?

Black and white farmer rides horse-drawn plow in still from old film
September 14, 2020November 3, 2020

The Wayback Machine

Brass servants' bells mounted on a wall
September 13, 2020March 19, 2021

Bells are ringing

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