My times in Philadelphia. #111Words #Philadelphia #GraduateSchool #ThirtyYears https://andrewjshields.blogspot.com/2025/06/my-times-in-philadelphia.html

Social media and meeting up with old friends (in Philadelphia, Washington DC, and New York City). #111Words #SocialMedia #Friends #Family #Philadelphia #WashingtonDC #NewYorkCity #Music #Poetry https://andrewjshields.blogspot.com/2025/06/social-media-and-meeting-up-with-old.html

“Paternity may be a legal fiction” in 1904 and 2025. #111Words #JamesJoyce #Ulysses #Bloomsday #Paternity #DNA #Testing #Law https://andrewjshields.blogspot.com/2025/06/paternity-may-be-legal-fiction-in-1904.html

No Kings demonstration with a quotation from James Joyce’s “Finnegans Wake” (1939). #111Words #NoKings #JamesJoyce #FinnegansWake #Westborough #Massachusetts https://andrewjshields.blogspot.com/2025/06/no-kings-demonstration-with-quotation.html

Snoopy writes things on Dogbook. #111Words #Snoopy #Dogbook #Facebook #Trolls #Haters #SocialMedia https://andrewjshields.blogspot.com/2025/06/snoopy-writes-things-on-dogbook.html

The Beatles single collection “1967-1970” as a birthday present from my father in the late 1970s. #111Words #TheBeatles #Father #Birthday #1970s #19671970 #Music #BackInTheUSSR https://andrewjshields.blogspot.com/2025/06/the-beatles-single-collection-1967-1970.html

The rich history of the music of Tinariwen. #111Words #Kora #Ngoni #Balafon #Griot #WestAfrica #Enslavement #Banjo #Guitar #ElectricGuitar #Music #Recordings #Blues #Tuareg #DesertBlues #Tinariwen #Musicology https://andrewjshields.blogspot.com/2025/06/the-rich-history-of-music-of-tinariwen.html

The 2025 video of the 1977 Talking Heads song “Psycho Killer”, directed by Mike Mills and starring Saoirse Ronan. #111Words #TalkingHeads #PsychoKiller #TalkingHeads77 #MikeMills #SaoirseRonan #Music #Video https://andrewjshields.blogspot.com/2025/06/the-2025-video-of-1977-talking-heads.html

The stars in Wes Anderson’s “The Phoenician Scheme” (2025). #111Words #WesAnderson #ThePhoenicianScheme #tomHanks #BillMurray #ScarlettJohansson #BenedictCumberbatch https://andrewjshields.blogspot.com/2025/06/the-stars-in-wes-andersons-phoenician.html

Watching Sinner and Alcaraz without rooting for either player. #111Words #Tennis #RolandGarros #FrenchOpen #MensSingles #CarlosAlcaraz #JannickSinner #Fandom #RogerFederer https://andrewjshields.blogspot.com/2025/06/watching-sinner-and-alcaraz-without.html

Lip-reading the players at the French Open women’s singles final. #111Words #Tennis #FrenchOpen #Women #Singles #WTA #CocoGauff #ArynaSabalenka #LipReading https://andrewjshields.blogspot.com/2025/06/lip-reading-players-at-french-open.html

A good performance in an oral exam—and a great discussion afterwards. #111Words #Examinations #OralExaminations #Novels #Discussion #Conversation https://andrewjshields.blogspot.com/2025/06/a-good-performance-in-oral-examand.html

Past, present, and future in the moment of music-making in Ryan Coogler’s “Sinners” #111Words #RyanCoogler #Sinners #MilesCaton #Blues #Music #Kora #Griot #ElectricGuitar #Turntables #Tradition https://andrewjshields.blogspot.com/2025/06/past-present-and-future-in-moment-of.html

First Corinthians in Ryan Coogler’s “Sinners” and two novels by Toni Morrison. #111Words #RyanCoogler #ToniMorrison #SaulWilliams #MilesCaton #FirstCorinthians #Literature #Films #Movies #AfricanAmericanCulture https://andrewjshields.blogspot.com/2025/06/first-corinthians-in-ryan-cooglers.html

Ryan Coogler’s “Sinners” (2025) and Jordan Peele’s “Get Out” (2017). #111Words #RyanCoogler #Sinners #Movies #Films #MilesCaton #JackOConnell #JordanPeele #GetOut #DanielKaluuya #StephenRoot #Music #Photography #AfricanAmericanCulture https://andrewjshields.blogspot.com/2025/05/ryan-cooglers-sinners-2025-and-jordan.html

Ryan Coogler’s “Sinners” (2025) and James Baldwin’s “Go Tell It On The Mountain” (1953). #111Words #RyanCoogler #Sinners #Movie #MilesCaton #SaulWilliams #JamesBaldwin #GoTellItOnTheMountain #Novel #AfricanAmericanCulture #Preachers #FathersAndSons https://andrewjshields.blogspot.com/2025/05/ryan-cooglers-sinners-2025-and-james.html

Captivated by a choir rehearsing John Dowland’s 1597 song “Come Again”. #111Words #Music #JohnDowland #ComeAgain #Choir #JohnPotter #BarryGuy #JohnSurman https://andrewjshields.blogspot.com/2025/05/captivated-by-choir-rehearsing-john.html

"'Delenda est’ America”: Emily Dickinson to Susan Gilbert, 11 June 1852. #111Words #EmilyDickinson #Letters #SusanGilbert #EdwardDickinson #1852 #WhigParty #WinfieldScott #DelendaEst https://andrewjshields.blogspot.com/2025/05/delenda-est-america-emily-dickinson-to.html

Deciding what Miles Davis albums to listen to on his 99th birthday. #111Words #MilesDavis #InASilentWay #BitchesBrew #Music #Jazz https://andrewjshields.blogspot.com/2025/05/deciding-what-miles-davis-albums-to.html

Rafael Nadal, his three languages, and the lack of interpreters at tennis tournaments. #111Words #RafaelNadal #Tennis #RolandGarros #Multilingualism #Translation #Interpretation https://andrewjshields.blogspot.com/2025/05/rafael-nadal-his-three-languages-and.html