Eric's Hangout

I guess I'll start with the cat.  Last Sat. we saw that one of the cats had thrown up, and it happened a second time.  I think at some p...

I'll try to keep this brief.  I did a fair bit of zig-zagging over downtown yesterday, but it paid off in the end. I started off with a ...

Just a week ago, I had to choose between the Hillary Hahn concert and the Penderecki Quartet concert where they played Schubert's String...

I would not say it is a surprise, but it is still a shame that Sonny Rollins has just died at the age of 95.  He had major lung issues, ste...

It still was raining Sun. morning but much more lightly (kind of what I expected Sat. to turn into, though it mostly stormed yesterday), so ...

It just rained so much yesterday.  I got completely soaked, and my shoes are still wet, so I have switched to a very old pair of shoes, whic...

I've written on and off about poetry over the years.  This post talks a little about the core poets (and seeing Gwendolyn Brooks at a p...