This was the view across the street from my house tonight just to the northwest of Chicago. It’s rare that we see northern lights as intense as these were without journeying several hundred miles to the north.

Men with what in Yiddish we call "Yicchus". There is no translation for that word - depth of character comes close. It was that characteristic that distinguished both of them and made them almost superhuman - much more than just their good looks.

His heart was in the right place - even though he was only about 5'7". The work he did in front of the camera and behind it was stellar.

My brother who is 6'3" and was red headed as a young man was Redford's doppelganger - but with a Jewish nose.

He resembled a short version of my brother

Isabelle Adjani, the stunning French actress who had appeared in <L'Ete' Meurtrier> (One Deadly Summer), was falsely rumored to have suffered from Aids back in the mid 80's. This was not too different from rumors circulated by the Tr*mp stooges 40 years later about any number of decent people.

What else do I need to say?

"Frozen Foods," New York, 1977, Irving Penn

One of America's greatest photographers - This image is extraordinary.

Cruche aux citrons," circa 1933, Willy Zielke. WILLY ZIELKE- COURTESY LES DOUCHES LA GALERIE, PARIS

I like great images.

One of my A-Fib heroes, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, on the right with actress Rita Moreno from West Side Story fame and on the left with Harvard President, Dr. Alan Garber.

My shoe size is only a 15E. His shoe size is a 17D. In my youth I was 6'4" whereas he is still 7'2".