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after the toasters the mints and scented soaps after the widescreens the gift cards and mugs after the oranges the laptops and socks after the Botox the iPhones and gold chains after the Lindor the Blu-rays and spiced teas after … Continue reading →

Reading, Writing, Literature, Pattern Recognition, and Ideas determined the consciousness, trajectory, and quality of my life. Those and a lot of luck along with the true love and support of one remarkable woman: my wife. (Best/most important choice I ever … Continue reading →

since 1942: Birney’s best–“David”. Illustration of “the Finger” on front dust jacket. No, I wouldn’t put “In Flanders Fields” or any Service work over this one which is a beautiful, artistic tapestry of diction, imagery, and a terrific narrative. (an … Continue reading →

after the eye surgeries and change to a new (woman) doctor after my two (male) doctors’ retirements. The above pic from a nicely-timed getaway trip to Jasper in June before the summer crowds arrived.

is by James Mason, who had one of the top spoken word voices in English ever. He brings this selection of Browning’s work to life and then some. A wonderful use of tone, irony, and performance. Highly recommended for olde … Continue reading →

My late mother walking ahead on the path with me at Christmas in the 2000s between Emily Murphy and Hawrelak Parks.

“We all have expiry dates. Some of us will die today, some tomorrow. Some next month, some 15 years from now. No one gets out alive.” We should never kid ourselves or dwell in ignorant bliss. Especially at Christmas as … Continue reading →

This here skating biz, it`s enough to put anyone on edge. Bladed ballet for some– kissing ice for me. My program is necessarily a short one: squeezed feet & aching sacro-iliac. My style arched & forever braced for collision. Free … Continue reading →

This is the hour O Soul, thy free flight into the wordless, Away from books, away from art, the day erased, the lesson done, Thee fully forth emerging, silent, gazing, pondering the themes thou lovest best, Night, sleep, death and … Continue reading →

All the President’s Men directed by Alan Pakula. But another strong movie about American still-relevant political process is 1962’s Advise & Consent, directed by Otto Preminger, concerning a controversial nomination by the President for a Secretary of State. Corruption, skeletons … Continue reading →