Welcome to 111 Words, by Andrew Shields

A syntactical ambiguity in a statement about the state of the United States House of Representatives

Kadri Voorand and Mihkel Mälgan at the Tinguely Museum in Basel

“A Julia de Burgos”, by Julia de Burgos, and its echo of Friedriech Nietzsche and Sigmund Freud

Ted Gioia remembers Jim Croce on the 50th anniversary of his death, and I remember beloved artists I lost when I was young

An evening walk in Kannenfeld Park in Basel, with no witches

From “Your Mother Should Know” to Brad Mehldau and finally David Bowie