“When the sun finally shows itself on the horizon, you feel more than the end of a story. You’ve witnessed something profoundly human, and that’s the thrill that a long dramatic journey affords.”

The Long and the Short, 50 Years of Pickering, American Symphony, Tom Shales, Toby Keith.

“I once happily reveled in the whitewash of background radio—Top 40 hits and ads that urged me to visit the Great Lakes Dragaway on SUNDAY, SUNDAY, SUNDAY!!!”

Quiet Please, Cello Cello, Frankly Faure, Greatest Grammys? Christian Wiman.

“When it comes to the Marvel Cinematic Universe, I’m afraid I don’t know my Asgard from a hole in the ground.”

Soderbergh’s Lists, Across the Spider-Verse, You Hurt My Feelings, Scott Frank: Script Doctor, Petite Maman.

“So this is where my morning starts: the coffee brewed and poured, the yogurt dusted with granola and dotted with blueberries, the iPad tipped on its stand to the proper angle.”

Puzzling times, Demon v. David, Dungeons and Dragons, I Love Betsy, Jane Hirshfeld resolves.

“Back then, If you were serious about film and a new movie by David Lynch or Stanley Kubrick came out, you had already seen it…In a theater!

Top Ten lists through the years; The Sound of Music, Mrs. Dalloway, Balanchine’s Serenade, Philipp Plein’s Bling Empire.