Author Archives: Kelly Sedinger

22 November

 Fifty-seven years since President Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas. I’m surprised to note that I’ve never written a long piece about Oliver Stone’s film JFK, and it’s been so long since I last saw it that I don’t want to … Continue reading

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Adventures in Moonlight

 The Moon put on a show at the very end of last month. Here’s a bit of how it looked from my backyard. That last is of the Moon and Mars, visible as the bright light off to the right. … Continue reading

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And now, a doggo.

G’night. y’all.

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Beethoven at 250: The Violin Concerto

 I’ve been listening to Beethoven’s Concerto in D Major for Violin and Orchestra a lot over the last few months, and I’ve been struggling to frame how I want to write about it. It’s such a scintillating work, full of … Continue reading

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Any time things wanna get BETTER would be great by me.

 So, about that lack of updates in this space for something like nine days…this month has been rough, folks. First, there was the final run-up to the election, which was nerve-wracking in itself. Then Election Night was its own category … Continue reading

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What day is it?

 So, on Monday I made a post here, invoking the Les Miserables song “One Day More”, as did many of my left-leaning friends on the Internet. And why not! It’s a song that so ably lends itself to a Monday before … Continue reading

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One Day More

This is the photo I took on the morning of Election Day, 2016. It seemed like a bright and optimistic day. I captioned it on Instagram: “Looks like a nice morning to make some history happen!” The next morning, in … Continue reading

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Something for Thursday

 It’s late and I gotta get to bed, but it’s still Thursday and I don’t want to miss this week’s Something, so here’s Something that really doesn’t need much by way of introduction. Take it away, Gloria Gaynor!

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A quick apology about comments

 The way this works is that when someone comments, I get an email at my Gmail address telling me there’s a comment to check. I do, and I publish it if it’s not spam. Every so often that system gets … Continue reading

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Democracy: I Did It

 Specifically, I did the democracy thing the other day, on Saturday, when early voting started in New York State. I got to the polling place (a local community center) about ten minutes before it opened, and at that point there … Continue reading

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