Monthly Archives: November 2017

“Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, and life to Everything.” Strathcona friend James Mireau in another persona/musical world: a clever, special one-man album. Jamming with gr. 11 long-time friend Wayne Fraser in his … Continue reading →

“Nature always wears the colors of the spirit.”

My right eye. Macular hole surgery in January. (At least I get to ‘see’ Xmas and New Year’s.) 1/2000 chance of a botched operation. By virtue of having one macular hole, I have up to a 15% chance of getting … Continue reading →

in a Collector’s Edition magazine now on the newsstands everywhere, which will be a must acquisition for his legions of fans. I’ve also displayed above a signed copy of his first autobiography which I own. “Henry” was a prominent L.A. … Continue reading →

(my signed LP from a previous 2009 Festival Place show; first album of hers I bought in 1967: one of the best Vanguard LPs of the day) She will be performing solo at Festival Place. Buffy is one of the top … Continue reading →

The two editions of Inside Poetry (1984 and 2001). The former was a very popular book used in grades 10-11 while the latter, did well enough with grade 12s, its target audience. The first edition uniquely used many popular songs such … Continue reading →

co-authored with the multi-talented Jerry Wowk, 2008, authorized for grades 9-10 in SK and NS, is still available from Nelson Education. It features a process of writing approach for the essay. It was a vast improvement over the previous Gage … Continue reading →

(recurring purpose via family at all ages and adopted totems–owl ice sculpture beside me) Well, there are many ways to achieve that, though many people today, especially younger generations may lack the rigor, depth, inner resources, and experience to find … Continue reading →

Was shopping at Costco today, which is always a life-threatening scenario with little people mindlessly thrusting long carts into crowds of uncarted shoppers. Got to the end of an aisle and started to turn the corner (slowly, of course, for … Continue reading →

“Our truest life is when we are in dreams awake.” (there have been times I’ve been in the playing music dream; here with Fudge, my teacher-band at Strathcona High in teaching daze) (awake in the author’s dream mapping out another … Continue reading →