Author Archives: rdavies

–John Keats The very thing people are missing or have forgotten about in the current climate of death, racism, and political change/agendas. Beauty is most obvious in Nature, first and foremost. Beauty in man-made things (e.g., art, music, poetry) can … Continue reading →

now more than ever it is important for adults and kids to get outside on bikes in their quiet neighborhoods during the nicest period of the year. For fresh air, exercise, and health maintenance to counteract too-long indoor sedentary lifestyle.

Fresh corn on the cob with beans and Cob’s sourdough bread.

Ray Bradbury. Fahrenheit 451, The Martian Chronicles, Something Wicked This Way Comes, the screenplay for Huston’s Moby Dick. And all his wonderful imaginative stories. 100 of his best in the above volume.

after the term “bear market”.

Her unexpected 2013 labor of love (4 CDs and 1 DVD), the Close-Up Series, by her own record company is an eyeopener and reveals her as a significant songwriter, performer, and recording artist from the 1980s beyond her best-known hits. … Continue reading →

Thomas Edison is not only the most famous inventor of all-time, but the guy who spearheaded the technological changes that ushered in the twentieth century. Our debt to him is huge if you look up his long list of inventions. … Continue reading →

The legendary Lawrence Ferlinghetti hangin’ in at 101 years-young. The successor to E.E. Cummings (as reflected in his classic A Coney Island of the Mind. 1955) and the famous bookstore owner (City Lights in San Francisco) who dared to publish … Continue reading →

Passing by his place this morning. He already has a big bin on his driveway full of beds and junk. I congratulated him on the near-completion of his project. Too many people not using the covid times not cleaning up … Continue reading →

a song by Lee and Sandy Paley, Calgary. Lots of them this morning on the sidewalks and roads after 2 days of steady rain. Irrationally, they come out to die in the open which is why you hear so many … Continue reading →