Monthly Archives: November 2015

have our private store of sadnesses, pain, and pathetic moments from our childhood or adolescent past. Sometimes we haven’t even internalized or personally resolved these negative moments. It is always something of a wonder when we discover them in adult … Continue reading →

simply go to the bathroom. 50% of the time, the phone will ring.

(ghostly presences never far from me nigh Xmas annually–the missing 2/3s of Spiritus: Glen and Dean, two of Edmonton’s finest English teachers and poets) ………………………………………………………… connecting you with many you have known. And suddenly today you’ll wonder “Whatever happened to…?” or “I … Continue reading →

(Frank Lloyd Wright Drive–turnoff into hills) (the hill road to Taliesin West) (upper level working spaces for architects even today) (ground level of facility including greeting area/entrance–Wright and his wife’s adjoining large windowed bedrooms are in an open space in … Continue reading →

(approaching the Arizona Biltmore, palm trees everywhere) (Wright-styled sign and textile block style he used out in California) (the lobby viewed from the open 2nd floor–all lighting and furniture styles influenced by Wright) (a familiar Wright design in front hallway) (the … Continue reading →

(poster excerpt, Malcolm McDowell as Mick Travis in Lindsay Anderson’s classic O Lucky Man!) …………………………………………………………………………………………….. was the way of words, poetry, romance, dream, and imagination. He occasionally dropped down from the clouds to visit, commune, and observe. His ways were reflective … Continue reading →

(opening of A Tale of Two Cities) It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the … Continue reading →

A phone call solicitation at 8:40 a.m.

(the top movie ever on reading, books, and censorship, starring Julie Christie in 2 roles and Oskar Werner) …………………………………………………………………………………………………… Montag’s Speech Quoting Dickens’ David Copperfield in Francois Truffaut’s Fahrenheit 451   “There can be no disparity in marriage like unsuitability of mind … Continue reading →

(required reading for anyone who is a secondary English teacher, English lecturer or English prof, or training to be) …………………………………………………………………………….. Northrop Frye, that is. Our genius literary critic. “I think there are all questions and there aren’t any answers.” “The … Continue reading →