Friday morning, and the gardener's leaf blower is the alarm clock for the neighborhood. Good thing his lawn mower starts up on the first try. The day is overcast and dull, and the outside temperature is around 50 degrees Fahrenheit.
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The current issue of the New Yorker has a profile on our ambassador to Iraq, Zalmay Khalilzad, whom the writer of the piece, Jon Lee Anderson, refers to as the 'American Viceroy'. Khalilzad, an Afghan-American, is a problem-solver in a very difficult and complicated part of the world. On the success of his mission in Iraq will depend the future stability of the country.
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I'm fascinated by the bloggers whose postings are in the form of poetry.
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Books I'm currently reading: Bernard Lewis's "From Babel to Dragoman", "The Best American Essays 2005", Susan Orlean, Ed.
A compendium of images - most original, some not - words, and links, sometimes musical, gathered for the exclusive enjoyment of friends and relatives, some old, and some new.
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