Ben Leddy hosts The Rewind
“Edward Gorey’s Mysterious Animations.”
Orange Crate Art
Ben Leddy hosts The Rewind
Here’s the latest installment of WGBH’s The Rewind, “The Voice of the Voiceless,” featuring Mercedes Sosa.
Ben Leddy hosts The Rewind
Here’s the latest installment of WGBH’s The Rewind, “The Time WGBH Burnt Down.”
Ben Leddy hosts The Rewind
The latest installment of WGBH’s The Rewind, “Indigenous Peoples’ Day.”
Among the oranges
“Ah, South California.”
Ben Leddy hosts The Rewind
Gwen Ifill hosts a discussion in the aftermath if Ferguson.
Ben Leddy hosts The Rewind
Here’s the latest episode of WGBH’s The Rewind, “Who Was the Father of Country Music?,” hosted by our son Ben.
Ben Leddy hosts The Rewind
“Let’s Read Zoom Mail!”
Ben Leddy hosts The Rewind
The latest episode of WGBH’s YouTube series.
Ben Leddy hosts The Rewind
The latest episode of WGBH’s The Rewind, “Turn In, Burn In.”
Ben Leddy hosts The Rewind
The lastest episode of WGBH’s The Rewind, “I Met Susan B. Anthony.”
Ben Leddy hosts The Rewind
Letters to WGBH from Julia Child.
It Depends
“Pa-pa doesn’t wear diapers.”
Recently updated
Another thing my children no longer say.
Ben Leddy hosts The Rewind
Here’s the latest installment of WGBH’s The Rewind, hosted by our son Ben. With 1990 footage of Harvard Law professor Derrick Bell and “an unaired introduction from a familiar face.”
Ben Leddy hosts The Rewind
The latest installment of WGBH’s The Rewind, hosted by our son Ben. Bonus: puns.
Ben Leddy hosts The Rewind
The third episode is here: “The Size of the Universe,” with educational television footage from 1957.
Ben Leddy hosts The Rewind
Our son Ben is hosting WGBH’s online series The Rewind, an exploration of the WGBH archives.
A Ravel Kaddish
My wife Elaine Fine’s arrangement, performed at the European Parliament.
Selected titles
Some of the titles a young relation removed from a bookshelf during her visit.
How to clear your place
Hold plate high. High, high, high. All the way up. That’s it. All the way up. Yay!
Ancestry and me
Taking that test could reveal that I am not part beagle.
Faux daughter
A 1951 ad looking like my daughter.
One!
When someone is feeding you, grasp spoon in mouth. Do not let go.
This is your arm on drugs
From It’s O.K. to Say No to Drugs!: an illustration that became a standing joke in our fambly.
Eleven!
Our favorite granddaughter is eleven months old today.
Girl with an orange block
Like father, like daughter
Over the weekend, my daughter Rachel read a piece of journalism that she deemed poorly written.
The joy of grandparenthood
I have never felt this thing that stopped my brain, that put all plans on hold, that rendered me dumb”: Jim Sollisch writes about “the particular joy of being a grandparent.”
Ba-ba