Author: readerjohn

I am a retired lawyer and an Orthodox Christian, living in a collapsing civilization, the modern West. There are things I'll miss when it's gone. There are others I won't. I tend to write about both.

Notes from a place worth caring about

James Howard Kunstler, traveling abroad, managed on Monday only a feeble notice that his weekly blog (which I shall euphemistically call “CFN”) would be delayed. It came on Tuesday, bearing the unpromising caption “Jet-Lagged and Ragged.”

I glanced, my jaw dropped, I thought I’d marked it for returning later, but I forgot it for a bit.

I wish Kunstler, a man in the prime of life (i.e., about my age) no health-endangering problems, but if this is how he writes jet-lagged and ragged, I’ll gladly glean the fruits of his ill-health: Continue reading “Notes from a place worth caring about” →

Mine coquettes avec des cigarettes

This Saturday, October 29, Lafayette Symphony Orchestra, Bach Chorale Singers, Bach Chorale Children’s Choir, and members of the Louisville Opera will present a semi-staged presentation of Bizet’s Carmen.

Nosebleed seats (second balcony) are now reduced to $20!

Production week started well. I’m confident that it’s coming together into “standing O” territory. Be there or be square!