On July 1, I noted that Olivia de Havilland had reached 104 years of age.
Today, Olivia has died—one of the few remaining stars from Hollywood’s Golden Age.
As I noted on the first of the month: “From her films with the great swashbuckler Errol Flynn to her Oscar-winning turns in ‘To Each His Own’ and ‘The Heiress,’ she has provided us with quite a film legacy.”
Olivia, RIP
Yesterday, I celebrated my 1,800th entry in “My Favorite Songs” with the Sonny Rollins tune, “Oleo,” part of this year’s Jazz Edition of my annual Summer Music Festival.
Today, the numbers “1” and “8” show up again: I am celebrating the 18th anniversary of the beginning of Notablog!
It was on this date in 2002 that I made my very first post, which announced the publication of an installment in the New York Daily News series, “Big Town Classic Characters: New Yorkers of the American Imagination,” entitled “From ‘The Fountainhead’: Howard Roark,” which was subsequently re-published by The Atlas Society. Since then, I’ve posted 3,057 entries on subjects from politics, culture, and social science methodology to sex, sports, film, and music.
I’d like to express my thanks to all my readers for your continued interest in my work. Watch this space for upcoming information on the migration of Notablog and my home page to new domains. That’s going to happen very, very soon… we’re talkin’ soon … because New York University is finally retiring its ancient i4 server, in which my current blog and home page are stored. Much more to come …
Chris Sciabarra, April 2022 Coney Island Parachute Jump, Brooklyn, New York