Monthly Archives: June 2017

Suzanne The Stranger Song Going Home The Sisters of Mercy Hey, That’s No Way to Say Goodbye So Long, Marianne Famous Blue Raincoat Bird on the Wire Chelsea Hotel #2 Who by Fire If It Be Your Will Everybody Knows … Continue reading →

Niggard (noun) miser; mean person; skinflint “Be not niggard of your speech.” (Macbeth) (adjective) miserly; parsimonious; sparing “The niggard prodigal that praised he.” (Rape of Lucrece) grudging; unwilling “Niggard of question” (Hamlet) (verb) begrudge; hoard; use sparingly “now niggard not … Continue reading →

Adam West. Immortalized forever for delivering corny, wooden lines in the one-year tv series. I still remember, in grade 12, a student dressed up as Batman swinging thru the gym air on a rope in the dark at a noon-hour … Continue reading →

in his prime–the Blonde on Blondedays) Quote any 10 memorable poetic lines by Atwood, Walcott, any other poet of the past 6 decades.. Quote any 10 memorable lines of Dylan. (Some of these can be recited in full song form.) … Continue reading →

(from a signed Dave Brubeck letter I have) July 27, 1988 Dear Pat, Thank you for your letter. It is very difficult to give someone else advice, because I believe, in the end, one makes choices not from heeding other … Continue reading →

Life is fraught with risk all the way down the line. But it is important to pursue what gives you pleasure, meaning, and purpose. There are those moments along the way when you will hear the call. It is important … Continue reading →

(January 1967 at the time of the release of “Strawberry Fields Forever” and “Penny Lane’; grade 12 school operetta cast party–armed with electric guitar, playing Eric Burdon and The Animals’ “I’m Mad” with shoulder-length-haired Ed Greene wailing on vocals and … Continue reading →

(alternative sleeve from the brand-new version of Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band; an outtake from the most celebrated album cover ever done) Sgt. Pepper taught The Beatles to play. June, 1967. ‘Twas one of those glorious moments to be … Continue reading →

The Three Hills tornado–yet another reminder that Nature’s dangerous, destructive side can emerge suddenly, unexpected by all the weather experts. (The start of tornado season south of the border coincidentally.) Nature’s violence is as indiscriminate as the terrorists below. The … Continue reading →

“The greatest step toward a life of simplicity is to learn to let go.” –Steve Maraboli