HeadButler https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html Want to be a guest Butler? The new addition The Gift of Gifts Short Takes Send page by e-mail How do I use Head Butler? Disclaimer What’s Head Butler? Who is Jesse Kornbluth? Sad News to Share: Jesse Kornbluth passed away peacefully on April 3, 2025 “How Lucky I Am to Have Something That Makes Saying Goodbye So Hard” — A. A. Milne Home Office Space In America Palomino Blackwing Pencils D.H. Lawrence: The Rocking Horse Winner The All of It: A Novel My Notorious Life: A Novel Four Last Songs/ The Year of Living Dangerously After the Wedding WEEKEND BUTLER: Jackie O’s favorite poet. The Beatles tell all (or most). Judi Dench recites Shakespeare. George Clooney mouths off. Jamie Oliver’s chicken. C.P. Cavafy Jules et Jim The Collaborative Habit: Life Lessons for Working Together The Lamed Vav and “The Last of the Just” Andy Palacio and the Garifuna Collective WEEKEND BUTLER: O.J. Simpson: a story never told before. Francis Coppola’s “best film” (not “The Godfather”). Best Russian film. Romantic song: Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell. Sesame Chicken with Cashews and Dates. Prokofiev: Alexander Nevsky Francis Ford Coppola: The Conversation Trattoria: Simple and Robust Fare Inspired by the Small Family Restaurants of Italy Weekend Butler: Editor’s letter update. Praise for Taylor Swift (Okay: one song). Pulitzer Prize novel. Sharon Olds poem. Blood-pounding movie. Delish cacao a pepe. Tree Lotion CBD Cream Stephen King: On Writing Eric Hoffer: The True Believer Boubacar Traoré WHAT’S UP? A LETTER FROM THE EDITOR I’ve been hobbled and have seen nothing more distant than the corner bodega. And the technical issues with publishing Butler will persist for another day. Thank the Lord for Amazon Prime, where you can find all of these. Weekend Butler: Watching the eclipse. A POW camp: “We’re all Jews here.” Song: “I’ll never smoke weed with Willie again!” Thrilling sports movie. And… carrots! WEEKEND BUTLER: How to watch the eclipse. Song: “I’ll never smoke dope with Willie again.” A German POW camp: “We’re all Jews here!” A thrilling sports movie. And… carrots! Antoine de Saint-Exupéry: The Little Prince Mozart: Sinfonia Concertante They Thought They Were Free: The Germans, 1933-45 HOLIDAY WEEKEND BUTLER (CAUTION: EMOTIONAL): “Five Easy Pieces.” The bill at the Last Supper. Bon Iver. A Danish PSA. Easy Chicken Marbella. Tallis Scholars: Miserere John O’Donohue: Our Friend Among the Dead Bloodlands: Europe Between Hitler and Stalin The Butler 8-Plex: After torrential rain, Butler goes to the movies (all stream on Amazon Prime) A Face in the Crowd L’Atalante WEEKEND BUTLER: Learning to love paddling out. A short summer novel. A really funny movie. The power of one song. Carrot soup. Head Butler’s Ridiculously Simple Holiday Ham PLUS French Roast Lamb