Monthly Archives: March 2015

In another life (in the ’70s mainly), I played for thousands of people in lounges, halls, and clubs. I eventually tried my hand at songwriting and sent out demo tapes to a number of artists and got back some nice … Continue reading →

(an old personal bossa-nova lyric; for Ken Mitchell) Coconuts and bamboo leaves Pretty colours in the trees Close your eyes you can feel the breeze Feel the breeze, if you please Bend down, pick a flower you can wear in your hair … Continue reading →

You wouldn’t think a boat that far out could make a difference but ensuing waves crash whitely on orange rocks, running freely onto the strand successively– a gentle lapping inviting you to enter the see-through surface sensing what your feet … Continue reading →

“The strongest principle of growth lies in human choice.”–George Eliot

“Nothing is permanent but change.”–Heraclitus

“Perhaps one did not want to be loved so much as understood.”–George Orwell

“Language is the soul’s ozone layer.”–Sven Birkerts

“Irony is wasted on the stupid.”–Oscar Wilde

“Everything hinges upon our realizing the essentially transitory possibilities.”–Victor Frankl

“When you have a choice and don’t make it, that is in itself a choice.” –William James