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“Get What You Want” offers nothing new

April 28 — Rock ‘n’ Roll music reached one of its highest peaks in 1969 and 70. From the Woodstock festival to the Altamont free concert, the hippie era of music reached its zenith and its demise.

Books, Features

Climate change draws polar bears south

April 01 — As I write this review of a book devoted to the plight of polar bears and their natural habitat, all parts of the globe are involved in “Earth Hour.” This worldwide action of turning off lights and appliances is a call to attention.

Books, Features

Tune on, turn in to Harvard Psychedelic Club

March 03 — Before there were yoga centers, metaphysical bookstores, medical marijuana dispensaries and head shops, there was the “Harvard Psychedelic Club.” This moniker used by author Don Lattin is bestowed upon four individuals whose paths converged, although not so harmonically, at Harvard University in winter 1960.

Books, Features

Book maps earth, early world views

February 17 — Cartography is the study and practice of map making. It involves molding the reality to communicate spatial information effectively. Imagine a time when beyond what was known to man were those of monsters, demons and half-men-half-beasts who lived waiting to eat the flesh of helpless wayfarers or invaders.

“Get What You Want” offers nothing new

Climate change draws polar bears south

Tune on, turn in to Harvard Psychedelic Club

Book maps earth, early world views

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