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This British production directed by Michael Anderson is well-cast with Edmund O’Brien as a naive Winston Smith, Michael Redgrave as a quietly deadpan torturer O’Connor (called that because of Edmund O’Brien’s casting), and Donald Pleasence as the oddball Parsons. It covers … Continue reading →

–Thoreau

–Stanley Kubrick (Kubrick’s classic film brought a lot of imaginative light to the darkness of man’s ignorance about space and his destiny)

(my signed copy of his autobiography) (the Ministry of Silly Walks watch my daughter gave me) John Cleese, star of Monty Python’s Flying Circus and Fawlty Towers. Saw him in Edmo several years ago at U of A’s Students’ Union … Continue reading →

illustrates why Trump’s ‘brilliant’ idea of arming teachers is a recipe for tragedy.

and its hot cross bun (the best ones are the cranberry ones made by Cobs Bakery) and daffodil seasons. You haven’t ‘done spring’ in full unless you’ve experienced these early traditional perks.

with living the life of a free spirit, doing things one’s own way, being responsible first and foremost to self and following one’s own bliss, without apology or regret. This main life choice had cultivated a free mind, an autonomous … Continue reading →

Some famous quotes from great literature: “He who does not follow love’s command errs greatly.” –Chretien de Troyes, Lancelot, The Knight of the Cart “I found myself within a shadowed forest.” –Dante Alighieri, The Divine Comedy: Inferno “Laughter’s the property … Continue reading →

you sometimes have to run really hard to stay in the exact same place.

(Emily Dickinson–top pre-20th century woman poet; in reality, the first modern female poet) The process of life, of course resembles a narrative, a story as has often been pointed out. Joseph Campbell pointed out that often when one looks back … Continue reading →