Jeanne Koré Salvato

pétanque II

pétanque II

n last week’s post, we learned (more or less) how to play pétanque, or should I say we learned how pétanque is played.  I do hope you practiced your swing, which requires no boule, no pitch, and no team.  Nonetheless a good swing is central to your eventual possession...
pétanque

pétanque

ochester, New York, located on the shores of Lake Ontario, has its legendary charms.  From beautiful fall foliage to the burial place of Frederick Douglas, we have the Jazz and Fringe Festivals, many Halloween decorations, and it may surprise you to learn that we...
brood

brood

he word “brood” is a double entendre, meaning a brood of chickens or even a brood of children, and also “to brood,” which brings to mind someone like Heathcliff in Emily Brontë’s novel Wuthering Heights. Heathcliff The novel brood by Jackie Polzin brings both of these...
i wait, therefore I am

i wait, therefore I am

What is waiting, anyway? Actually, we all know how to do that well, right?  But let’s see what a couple of artists have to say. ROCHESTER FRINGEAt the Rochester Fringe Festival, which is a celebration of drama, music and dance, I had the opportunity to purchase a...
foreign banking

foreign banking

n a word, don’t do it!  I would like to take you on an imaginary, virtual trip to two different banks to change your home address. COMPARE AND CONTRASTFirst, let’s go to Capital One.  On their website, you click on the little person at the top right of the...
a Godot moment

a Godot moment

verybody is enamored of the ending of Beckett’s play Waiting for Godot, where the two main characters say, basically, it’s time to move on, and then they don’t go anywhere.  They’re stuck, stopped (or is it faithful to Godot?). What if we thought about the play a...