Monthly Archives: January 2017

3 Meals a Day

No matter how you cut it in Western society. Breakfast or being starved and non-functional for the first half of the day. Why skip breakfast? Lunch in order to address the growlies that emerge 4-6 hrs. predictably after breakfast. Supper … Continue reading

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Message from the GODS

Standing this morning in the onslaught of fierce Arctic winds (“A man could be a fool.”–Jack London, “To Build a Fire”), pumping gas, I noticed a Styrofoam cup with writing on it  rolling back and forth beside me at the … Continue reading

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“Time

does not change us. It just unfolds us.” –Max Frisch

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Margaret Laurence House

(Neepawa, MB; model of the Simpson house in A Bird in the House; visited for the second time in Sept. 2010)

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Nothing is more isolating than

one of those 24-hr. ‘flus’, food poisoning, or serious illness. Despite whatever help is offered and available, there’s pretty much just you and The Enemy. In the midst of whatever, I always recall the lyrics of that old gospel tune: … Continue reading

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Some words or names are just naturally funny.

Dusseldorf.

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Most of life

is a matter of luck and opportunities.

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Favorite Robert Altman Films

MASH (1970) Brewster McCloud (1970) McCabe and Mrs. Miller (1971) Images (1972) The Long Goodbye (1973) California Split (1974) Nashville (1975) Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean (1982) Vincent and Theo (1990) The Player (1992) … Continue reading

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Favorite Woody Allen Films

What’s New Pussycat? (1965) Take the Money and Run (1969) Play It Again Sam (1972) Sleeper (1973) Love and Death (1975) Annie Hall (1977) Interiors (1978) Manhattan (1979) Stardust Memories (1980) Zelig (1983) The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985) Hannah … Continue reading

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Favorite Sidney Lumet Films

12 Angry Men (1957) The Fugitive Kind (1960) Long Day’s Journey into Night (1962) The Sea Gull (1968) The Pawnbroker (1969) Serpico (1973) Murder on the Orient Express (1974) Dog Day Afternoon (1975) Network (1976) Prince of the City (1981) … Continue reading

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