Monthly Archives: April 2024

Two Quotes by Ingmar Bergman

“Each film is my last.” “Film is not like literature. More often than not, the character and the substance of the two art forms are in conflict. The written word is read and assimilated by a conscious act and in … Continue reading

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Hypocritical Canadian Voters

Most of the country dislikes or hates Trudeau and yet they gladly take his various handout-cheques for the past four years. Nobody sends them back and tells him to stuff it.

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Life and Death: Simply Put–Here or Not Here

Everybody, everything has its process, presence and absence.

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15 times in the past 25 years

The number of times Trump has changed his position on abortion. So why should anyone believe him now? Isn’t the Devil a proficient liar?

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Former Sports and Entertainment Star

finally has his peace long after the infamous, media-frenzied Bronco chase on an L.A. highway back in 1994. (“Where were you when….?”) O.J. Simpson, aka O.J., social pariah and convicted felon, dead at 76, who, ironically, requested a drink of … Continue reading

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A Caution to Everybody

Dazzling & bright eye m just visiting yr loco galaxy a whimsical bit of cosmic mass from `somewhere else.` Entering yr atmosphere eye plunge comet-like thru clouds of destiny sidereal satellite of the last 1/4 my magnitude unlimited. Don`t look … Continue reading

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Eclipse (poem version)

The last thing I expected with the last major daytime eclipse was to write a poem, or rather have a love poem write itself in metaphors of the eclipse. The Oregon allusion was to my daughter’s trip of a lifetime … Continue reading

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Eclipse prose poem (from last total eclipse)

You were such a long time coming, but better late than never. A moonshadow that quieted birds and chilled the air. Startled I was at the hole above that opened in the clouds. Your dark magic enveloped me and released … Continue reading

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Remembering “Bud”:

what Marlon Brando’s closest friends called him.

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Ingmar Bergman: The Last Great 20th Century Artist?

It is in the film genre that you will find the last best of pre-Covid Art; Swedish filmmaker Bergman (1918-2007), for me, epitomizes what a great artist used to be/mean. He made over 60 important films and directed 170 plays … Continue reading

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