About Me
interests include: reading: history, politics, philosophy, sci-fi, mystery; music: jazz, blues, world beat; films: stupid ones, foriegn-especially French and Japanese. All kinds of other things. learning to relax and smell the pollution.Recent Entries
On Seeing Black Orpheus Again
Last night I went to a free screening of "Orfeo Negro" or Black Orpheus, a Brazillian movie from 1959 that introduced Bosa Nova to the world. Amazing ... read more
A Good Day
So much of my life seems to be spent running arround like a chicken without its head on. And I'm not a workaholic anymore!However today was a quiet da... read more
It's Been a While Folks! Back with a Dream.
I can't believe it's been a month since I blogged. so it's about time, right? My friend has been asking me--when are you going to blog again? write so... read more
Breaking Molds
There are many ways of characterizing humanoids. Anthropologists say we are the "tool-making species" or "the playing species". Mark Twain said that ... read more
Writing That is "Prudently Chaotic"
Many years ago I discovered Italo Calvino's "Invisible Cities", and fell in love with a style of writing that I could only admire, but never match. Th... read more
The First Day of School
For the last writers' meetup we had to write a 500 piece on the first day of school from the point of view of the child. I wrote of the horrid day fro... read more
The Myths of the Good War
Just read an excellent article on commondreams website. It seems that Ken Burns, the documentary film maker is going to have a new series on PBS on WW... read more
The Courage to Tell
"They" say--who exactly "they" are/is no one knows for sure, but they say that speaking in public is one of the most feared activies. People are terri... read more
Let a Thousand Doves Fly
Today, just a little over a generation ago-August 6, 1945 we became Shiva--the destroyer of worlds. We had been little killers before. Our victories ... read more
The Lake is Deeper
Years and years ago I studied history with Lionel Rothkrug, a brilliant historian of the Annals school. Lionel was a difficult man to work with and w... read more
