Hello and welcome to my web page. I work for Dr. Robert Siegler, Heinz Professor of Psychology, at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Nature is not mute. It eternally repeats the same notes which reach us from afar, muffled, with neither harmony nor melody. But we cannot do without melody . . . It is up to us to strike the chords, to write the score, to bring forth the symphony, to give the sounds a form that, without us, they do not have. -- Francois Jacob, from "The Statue Within"
 This web page is a small effort on my part to share information I have learned over the years with others who are interested in the same subjects. It is a work in progress to which I will be adding as I have time. My most compelling interests at this time include photography, cooking, haworthias, keeping an aquarium, knitting, and reading.

As a member of the Edgewood Garden Club (EGC), it is my priviledge to post pictures of the gardens of some of our members, along with interestiing links for gardeners, and information about the club as it becomes available to me. This too is a work in progress.

The recipes, unless otherwise indicated, are my own, worked out through numerous trials to what I feel is perfection.

Please click on the appropriate link for more info. Have a comment or question? Email me at tt2p@andrew.cmu.edu. Thanks for visiting.
Post Modernism: Good or Bad for America? This part of my site is dedicated to my good friend Marion Levant, who passed away about a year ago. She was an ardent anti-post modernist, and spent many hours explaining the pervasiveness of the post-modernistic influence on our country today. I do not claim to fully understand this movement. The general impression I have gleaned about it leads me to think that it is a philosophy that ultimately dehumanizes us and our society and in this regard is not good for America, who (still) stands as the bastion for the independent and creative spirit. I seek here to provide links to sites that raise provocative questions about the general well being of our society and the impact of post modernism in general, although please be aware that at this time (i.e., 2-03-10) my definition of the philosophy is loose and applied in a liberal, and most likely, uneven manner. If you would like to send me comments, please feel free to do so to tt2p@andrew.cmu.edu.

1. Click here to access Amazon's site for You Are Not A Gadget: A Manifesto by Jaron Lanier which includes an interview with the author. Lanier's book explores the Internet as it has developed over the past 20 years, how it may not have lived up to original expectations, and how it has impacted our society. Has the internet enabled us to express ourselves and become more social in honest and real ways? Or is it creating more rules and boxes and carpal tunnel syndrome for it's users?

2. Click here to access the PBS site for the Frontline epidsode entitled "Digital Nation". Is there even life without our gadgets (especially if you are under 35)? Can we actually relate to other people without the benefit of our electronic shells? After seeing this episode last night, I truly hope that young people are not as attached to their blackberries, etc., as the show seems to indicate.

3. Click here to access a site that gives definitions of post modernism as well as an answer to the conundrum it says it delineates.

I will post more links as I have time. Please feel free to send me comments and suggestions and to stop back later as I add more to this part of my site. And thank you for visiting.