Off the Page

WSKG's bi-weekly interview & call-in program with local authors from Binghamton, Ithaca, Elmira and surrounding areas served by WSKG Public Radio. Off the Page is hosted by Bill Jaker.

Of all the philosophies, practices and social trends to emerge in America in recent decades and be relegated to the category of "new age", none has entered the arena of popular misunderstanding as firmly as Zen Buddhism.  The word itself found its way into our vocabulary as a sort of...
Silk has a mystique like no other fabric.  It is sheer and strong, absorbs and insulates well, enhances the beauty of the people who wear it or the objects that it surrounds.  It is a true luxury valued in many world cultures, and gathered from the secretion of moths.  In the opening...
Grab your ticket and your suitcase Thunder's rollin' down this track You don't know where you're goin' But you know you won't be back Darlin' if you're weary Lay your head upon my chest We'll take what we can carry And we'll leave the rest....