Monthly Archives: May 2016

“Without contraries is no progression” ………………………………………….. Tennessee Williams says much the same sort of thing in “The Catastrophe of Success”, the essay he wrote about getting ‘soft’ after the success of The Glass Menagerie. Conflict in the crucible is a … Continue reading →

than reaching the top of the ladder and discovering you’re on the wrong wall.–Joseph Campbell (Also when you’re not getting back anything resembling the great amount you’re giving, sharing, and putting out.)

No telling what will speak to one at a given moment. (For the record, this was the most beautiful parade I’ve ever seen. A truly joyous, spirited cultural sharing which transformed Katzville’s drab streets into crafted beauty and wonder.)

most days. –RD

which is frighteningly shallow, stupid, ignorant, frivolous, trivial, lowest-common-denominator-banal, unschooled, post-literate, unempathetic, empty-skulled, 24/7 distracted, dumbed-down, petty, namby-pamby, inconsequential, there is no use anymore for ‘old’ words like the following: lofty elevated sublime deep elevated perspective/d comprehensive well-educated wise perspicacious … Continue reading →

“You piece of sh-t!” (to Conservative Peter Kent in the House of Commons) “Get the f–k out of my way!” (on the House floor yesterday) A language model and lesson for all Canadian youth. A definite chip off the old … Continue reading →

Canadian history and the study of and familiarity with it is d-e-a-d. Younger generations and even people in their 30s and 40s no longer have a sense of historical context by which things have been traditionally viewed. Like everything else … Continue reading →

A sacred place if ever there was one. The perfume of lilacs hanging purple on the boughs. The mallard couple by the Arts bldg stream Two great orange fish waiting for donations at the Humanities’ pond. There is much here … Continue reading →

“I read Shakespeare directly I have finished writing. When my mind is agape and red-hot. Then it is astonishing. I never yet knew how amazing his stretch and speed and word-coining power is, until I felt it utterly apace and … Continue reading →

Everywhere I go these days, I am asked to make a donation for the evacuees. Yesterday Safeway was selling food donations which was right-on and we bought some. I was asked to donate at Staples, Canadian Tire, and even the … Continue reading →