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Many quotables relevant to our Trumpian times: “Fair is foul, and foul is fair.” “What bloody man is that?” “So foul and fair a day I have not seen.” “Or have we eaten of the insane root/That takes the reason … Continue reading →

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is widespread fear in everyone, everywhere. People are worried about dying, aging, losing their looks, having their vehicles stolen, having Christmas packages stolen off the front step, having their homes broken into, having their kids abducted or run down, being … Continue reading →

The amount of trolling, agendas, and partisanship show that loathing and hate are stronger than ever in our society.

(by George, he predicted it all) which is being used ruthlessly and more corruptedly by the Trumps and other dictators of the world, is that language manipulation and control are the keys to whatever con jobs they wish to foist … Continue reading →

(Dean and Glen, first two on the right, 1988 thereabouts) As Christmas fast approacheth: -my parents; only eulogies -my wife’s parents; eulogies many close friends including: -Glen Kirkland (co-author poet) eulogy -Dean McKenzie (poet performer) eulogy and performance -Stu Millman … Continue reading →

(after Glenn Gould’s The Idea of North) dedicated to the late great Dean McKenzie (We have administered these vast territories of North in an almost continuing state of mind…) High latitude vast flatness of poles wind a whitewash breathing lungs … Continue reading →

(two-thumbs-way-up; Christmas listening nostalgia; Universal Music/MCA CD) Every year at this time I break out my favorite Christmas CD–the diamond anniversary edition of Holiday Inn and White Christmas with songs by the great Irving Berlin. Warm memories of watching those … Continue reading →

by Edmo’s late great jazz legend Tommy Banks. His talented band and his first-class arrangements.15 classic tunes wonderfully reworked and delivered with some off-the-main-oft-trodden-path titles: “In the Bleak Midwinter’, “Snowfall”, “Where Is Love?”, “”White”, and “What Are You Doing New … Continue reading →

Dylan Thomas’s “A Child’s Christmas in Wales”, experienced on Christmas eve or Christmas Day. Dylan Thomas Reading was the first album Thomas recorded for the two women who founded Caedmon Records; this was the label’s first release in 1952. The … Continue reading →