Monthly Archives: December 2015

A found picture and an unsent note from Dean McKenzie, The Legend, dated 1992. Spiritus (a unique Edmonton performance poetry trio of senior high English teachers): Dean on right, Glen Kirkland in the middle, and me on the left). Note: “Hail Spiritus! … Continue reading →

lead lives of quiet desperation.” One of Thoreau’s best quotes. And he was no more right about that than during the holiday season as Christmas gets closer. The movies, It’s a Wonderful Life and A Christmas Carol, reflect the fact of … Continue reading →

In my new red Dodge Caravan just washed, waiting for the light to change at Calgary Trail to go east on 34th. Old white-haired guy in a white SUV beside me honks at me, pointing at right side of my … Continue reading →

(top:14 nicely arranged tunes played by The Nancy Walker Sextet and the Dwyer Quintet; Reflections Music; bottom: the equally satisfying Beegie Adair album with 12 snappy tunes, Green Hill) (top: 14 songs, a somewhat minimalist approach to the melodies, but … Continue reading →

(top: 18 classics by the voice Sinatra admitted was better than his own; 20 Century Masters/MCA; bottom: includes the ultimate version of “The Christmas Song” and old kids’ favorites “All I Want for Christmas” and “The Happiest Christmas Tree”, Capitol) … Continue reading →

I noticed her name tag and immediately thought of a basic understanding or an idea what something or someone is like, not fertization.as some might. She explained “It’s for Immaculate Conception”. And I said “Wow, what a spiritual name! You … Continue reading →

The great ironic comedian reads Dickens on CD (NPR).

(at work in the great storm scene of Ryan’s Daughter; Photofest) Happiest alone in front of an editing machine white-gloved admiring the panoramas he shot on location. Blowing up holes of great rock faces in A Passage to India, sweeping the … Continue reading →

(RD at Frank Lloyd Wright’s Taliesin West in January; Scottsdale, Arizona; click pic to enlarge) “In the midst of winter, I found there was, within me, an invincible summer.”

From a mere 62 years ago. How to make a decoration at home. Supplies needed : 1 empty toilet paper roll, one piece of Xmas wrapping paper, a piece of ribbon, scissors (to cut the paper to size), glue, and awl (to … Continue reading →