Monthly Archives: April 2018

Had my first bike ride today before it snows again! April 15th would be the latest ever. I’m usually up and rolling in March.

My December 2016 chapbook

(top: me in 1962 receiving a painting on behalf of the school at the 50th anniversary; that painting, incidentally, was nowhere to be found by me or the 2012 principal at the reunion–uh, who piked it?; BTW/ I am standing in … Continue reading →

Old friend pianist-composer Andrew Glover was showcasing his new music backed by Mike Lent on bass, Sandro Dominelli, J.F. Picard on saxes, and Bob Tildesley on trumpet. A very funny (thanks to Andrew’s tales of basement décor, basement CD copy … Continue reading →

the most beautiful, romantic folk song ever written by Judy Collins (from her 1967 Wildflowers album. Also shown, her soaring follow-up album, Who Knows Where the Time Goes. Both highly recommended.) “Even now by the gate with your long hair … Continue reading →

(Richard Davies) -its freeing word-play -its capacity for wit and for expressing ironic, intelligent, heartfelt perspectives in a short space/fewer words -its ability to express beauty and truth in a boiled-down, direct way -the necessity of its being read aloud … Continue reading →

Humbolt’s team logo ripped off by various companies without any financial restitution. So much of our daily Western lives is about (making) money (to wit, Trump) and using others (even in times of tragedy) just to make a goddamn almighty … Continue reading →

of the world is to make non-stop wars everywhere and to attack and kill other people in daily life. Man remains the supremely violent animal on the planet. Whatever gains in civilization and peace, historically, always have to be weighed against … Continue reading →

“The greatest thing by far is to be a master of metaphor.” –Aristotle “A noble metaphor, when it is placed to an advantage, casts a kind of glory around it, and darts a luster through a whole sentence.” –Joseph Addison … Continue reading →

North by Northwest was one of Hitchcock’s best (which I used to teach in grade 10 English); it had that much in it and was that entertaining then, as it still is now. In 1963, a similar serio-comic thriller-romance came … Continue reading →