I’m finding it difficult to believe that these are both posts on the official White House .gov website, but they are.

This is not really the right place for this post, but just came across this hilarious image based on a series of children’s books.

A seventh OUP book cover featuring one of my photos. www.daniel-star.net/photos.html

Early morning photographs from Stowe, Vermont (taken in late December 2024). #photography

In the Boston centered novel “Moonlight Mile,” Dennis Lehane has one of his characters visit Neptune Oyster Bar in the North End for a meal and the character declares they have the best lobster roll in New England. I agree. Seminannual lunch after teaching is completed.

Our teen pup Churro, sunbathing this morning.

Mood.

A recent photo taken in Munich, and a variation on it.

Enjoyed visiting LMU, Munich this week to give a talk. Also enjoyed visiting a few art museums.

For me, 2023 was a year in which I especially enjoyed listening to classical music. Here are my four favorite classical piano albums released this year.

Winter sunlight falling on my photographs of a summer sunset in Turkey.

Last week, I took a couple of portrait photos of my BU colleagues Sunil Sharma and Roberta Micallef. Here they are.

I am happy with the way this site is going, and all the serious intellectual chatter. But fun is also important, so I might start posting fun stuff. This photo, for instance is from a recent department dinner. A significant achievement by two colleagues not in the photo!

Nick Cave concert in Boston last night was magical. Songs at the piano, with Colin Greenwood on bass guitar. One highlight was a new song:
"...sometimes I see you in the evening
When the sky makes no sound
And I know that I will always love you
In the morning when the dew is on the ground."