Monthly Archives: October 2023

may be 1797-8’s “The Creation” oratorio by Haydn. Music of the Spirit representing a high point for the Arts, Music, and Western civilization for that matter. Haydn: Father of the symphony, string quartet, piano sonata, piano trio, and concerto. 160 … Continue reading →

Hedy Lamarr. Google her name to find out how relevant she is today in terms of advanced technological development. Amazing woman!

in these parts come in the form of the resident squirrel and blue jays anxiously awaiting breakfast in the backyard. Often I either throw peanuts to the blue jays near the patio window or head out in my robe to … Continue reading →

is Nothing Sacred, George Walker’s 1988 brilliant, highly engaging, Governor-General’s Award-winning adaptation of Turgenev’s Father and Sons, set in 1860s Russia. It is a wonderfully witty, incredibly fast-moving, ultra-ironic comedy-satire with many ideas and conflicts, interesting characters and scenes. I … Continue reading →

I’ve followed her since 1967, bought her records and CDs, seen her in concert, even bought her recent Canada Post Stamp special issue. Is she, now, just/merely another Grey Owl-styled, white European native impersonator going back to her arrival on … Continue reading →

Jesus Christ (to get the Christian and evangelical fundamentalism vote), Abraham Lincoln (to show how racially just he is), Winston Churchill (to show what a rallying, bandwagon force he is, trying to save America) Mona Lisa (to suggest how beautifully … Continue reading →

Needles scattered and buried in playgrounds. Veterans’ monuments vandalized and defaced. National Park Bighorn sheep beheaded for poacher trophies. (Welcome to 2023, when “the worst are full of passionate intensity”, where nothing is sacred, and indifference, hatred, and nasty violence … Continue reading →

Self-portrait

The rest of the crazy world hardly matters when you’re well- and clearly-focused on fully and consciously focusing and living in your own space.

Goin’ to Graceland, still.