Monthly Archives: March 2018

Looking back as an only child of poor working-class parents, I was left, largely, to play on my own with few toys, to make up my own fun, play, and worlds. My imagination started early from being left with an … Continue reading →

“You can never step in the same river twice.” “All is flux, nothing stays still.” Our modern preoccupation with process and processes owes a great debt to the Greek philosopher Heraclitus (600-540 B.C.?) He was absolutely correct–nothing stays the same; … Continue reading →

1955 paperback edition, flatsigned by Arthur Miller (received today–full moon Valentine’s Day 2014). The modern play I taught in English 30 (gr. 12), most years going back to my student teaching round in 1971-72. Most recently, the late Phillip Seymour … Continue reading →

No. of original words first coined by Shakespeare. Easily the greatest English writer of all time, he represents the highest point ever of both language and literature in English culture. No one else even comes close.

Presence. Process, Play, Pleasure, Possibilities. “That is all /Ye know on earth, and all ye need to know.”–John Keats, “Ode on a Grecian Urn”

(good on/for George’s song lyrics) (the better Universal Music 2 DVD set) was, of course, George Harrison, a very interesting unique individual. I spent three engaging days immersed in George. The so-called autobiography, I-Me-Mine, was a disappointment. There is only … Continue reading →

(the recommended MGM DVD) One of Woody Allen’s best early movies and most serious movies. An homage to Ingmar Bergman including the use of Bergman’s famous cinematographer Sven Nykist. It is a beautiful film to watch for that reason and … Continue reading →

“If we could see the miracle of a single flower clearly, our whole life would change.”

Royal Alexandra Hospital lounge by RD

A federal cabinet minister giving birth to a son is not, though CBC News thinks it is, with its heavily-tilted, prejudiced pc agenda. I don’t see CBC announcing the births of kids to male MPs.. And for the same reason, … Continue reading →