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Something for Thursday
For some reason I have Jim Croce on the mind, so here are two of my favorite songs of his. Both are sad songs about the endings of relationships. “Operator (That’s Not The Way It Feels)” is the better known … Continue reading
Repost: From the Books: Douglas Hofstadter on the Rubik’s Cube
A repost, first published in 2014, on the occasion of the anniversary yesterday of inventor Erno Rubik’s birth on July 13, 1944. Thank you for all the puzzling fun and intrigue, Professor Rubik! And as noted below, I *still* need … Continue reading
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Tone Poem Tuesday
This one I owe to YouTube, which served this up as a completely random suggestion based on however their algorithms work. In 1950, conductor Arturo Toscanini had plans for a large-scale symphonic suite inspired by New York City, but he … Continue reading
Round about we go….
OK, here’s a question regarding driving behavior and roundabouts: Do you use your turn signal when entering one? But before I get to that, let me just note that I love roundabouts. I find them civilized and much less prone to … Continue reading
From the Books: SEASONS OF A FINGER LAKES WINERY (On Geography in fiction and elsewhere)
I’m reading a book right now called Seasons of a Finger Lakes Winery, by John C. Hartsock. The book is just that: a year in the life of a single winery in New York’s Finger Lakes region, a place where … Continue reading
Diggin’ Up Bones (#AmWriting)
The other day I was looking for something completely different in my archives, and I found a post from July 2010, eleven years ago: I haven’t talked about writing in a while, so here’s a brief note about it. My … Continue reading
Something for Thursday
Here’s a deep cut from a classic musical! Singin’ in the Rain would be my favorite musical of all time if not for My Fair Lady, and like all the greatest musicals, it is packed with songs and numbers, some of … Continue reading
Tunnelin’
When I was a kid and my mother’s family still lived in the Pittsburgh area, we would obviously go to visit on occasion, which meant a lot of driving through that city. If you’ve never been to Pittsburgh, it’s a … Continue reading
Tone Poem Tuesday
There’s a quote by composer Gustav Holst that strongly resonates with me: If nobody likes your work, you have to go on just for the sake of the work. And you’re in no danger of letting the public make you … Continue reading
Seven Four Twenty One
As another Independence Day arrives, I find myself increasingly unable to really understand what’s happening in America. I find myself these days oddly optimistic about the future of humanity, but a good deal less so about my country. Here’s a … Continue reading