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By SUSAN WOZNIAK
In the last week before Christmas, among women definitely over 55, “the Bob Dylan film” became a subject of discussion. I knew nothing about “A Complete Unknown” with TimothéeChalamet cast as Bob. Having seen his work, I was interested. However, would this be a movie with an actor who neither sang nor played an instrument? There is always something generally awkward about dubbing.
By SUSAN WOZNIAK
Presents have been on my mind. Of course they are. It is the end of the year, the turning to the deepest dark. It is the time of Advent and the time of Hanukkah.When I was very young, all of the descendants of my mother’s mother gathered at her home...
By SUSAN WOZNIAK
Like many of you, I am still questioning the election. I do not understand how it is that the news media posted polls that showed Kamala Harris at 45% and Donald Trump 47%, or Harris at 49% and Trump 46%, only for Trump to garner the majority of votes...
By SUSAN WOZNIAK
Family pictures. They may keep you forever young, but they may make you glad to be where you are now. Either way, they record change.We had a photo taken in December during the 1950s. We rode along in a fake sleigh, through a tunnel with walls painted...
By SUSAN WOZNIAK
A week or two ago, I overheard an interesting recommendation. A man told his friend that the food at a local restaurant was, “really good.” I found myself at 8 p.m., near the restaurant at six hours past my last meal.The place was empty but the...
By SUSAN WOZNIAK
Some aspects of this election year resemble the year that I cast my first ballot: 1968. Some, but, not all.In the fall of 1967, the South Vietnamese cast their votes. American officials breathed more easily. President Lyndon Johnson worried whether...
By SUSAN WOZNIAK
The 19th day of June saw Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry sign into a law a requirement that the Ten Commandments be displayed in all public schools. The ceremony was held at Our Lady of Fatima Catholic School. Landry is a practicing Catholic.I was...
By SUSAN WOZNIAK
My kids were raised with pets. The first pet arrived before our first child was born. We had just bought a house and I wanted a dog, like the dog our neighbors owned.She was named Boots, and was half German shepherd and half collie. Boots was a like a...
By SUSAN WOZNIAK
I have never been a high wage earner. Thirty thousand dollars was my ceiling, although it was never my choice.More to the point, I strongly believed in the “how to balance family and work” plan popular among baby boomers during the late ’60s and into...
By SUSAN WOZNIAK
I have written about education before. About the need to teach geography in elementary school. Supporting independent reading. Having elementary school students rotate among three teachers during the day: one to teach reading and writing; one to teach...
By SUSAN WOZNIAK
Whether a book is a classic, like “Sense and Sensibility,” or a recent publication deserving of the rave reviews that put it on the lists of book clubs throughout America, readers really, really want to see the movie version as soon as possible....
By SUSAN WOZNIAK
I have no idea when or why I decided I wanted to live in Massachusetts. Maybe it was its history, or its intellectual reputation. Maybe it was the beautiful photographs that graced the calendars that oil companies handed out. The ones printed on...
By SUSAN WOZNIAK
As summer was winding down, I had a conversation with a young woman. Something she said, led me to answer, “That’s out of my bailiwick.” She looked puzzled and asked, “What’s a bailiwick?” I chuckled a bit and said, “Your generation uses the word...
By SUSAN WOZNIAK
I was surprised by the statement that typefaces decorated with serifs are easier to read.Surprised because a typeface with serifs can look crowded. They can also look out of date. Fans of serifs might easily say, “But, serifs are a tradition!” I might...
By SUSAN WOZNIAK
Just before covid struck, I began thinking about Hannah Arendt. I knew little of her other than she witnessed the trial of Adolf Eichmann in Jerusalem, and, that she coined the phrase, “the banality of evil.” Due to what was happening socially and...
By SUSAN WOZNIAK
Several years ago, I arrived home as a neighbor was walking to her car. We waved and she called out that she was going to a nearby bakery and could she pick up something for me. I thanked her, adding that I did not need bread. “But, it’s (insert a...
By SUSAN WOZNIAK
The public lecture has long been the source of informal social opportunities and continuing education. There were several such movements in America during the 19th century that opened exploration, science, arts and politics to ordinary people.In the...
By SUSAN WOZNIAK
Humans are storytellers. We invented novels and poetry and plays to satisfy our need for stories. The tales we experience stir our emotions, sometimes allowing us to relax and often teaching us what we need to know.As I have been with my grandkids...
By SUSAN WOZNIAK
During my kidhood, our family spent evenings in front of the television. One sponsor urged people to “keep on hand” its packaged foods for times “when friends drop by.”In those days, friends and relatives often dropped by, a custom that has since...
By SUSAN WOZNIAK
One of the most remembered scenes in American films comes from “The Graduate,” in which Benjamin Braddock, the graduate of the title, is played by Dustin Hoffman. At Benjamin’s party to celebrate his achievement, a guest tells him a single word. The...
By SUSAN WOZNIAK
It all started when I used the word bailiwick. I was speaking to a young woman. Perhaps, I was trying to make an appointment or to gather information. When I realized that she could not answer my question, I said, “That’s okay. It’s not in your...
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