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Cross Keys Poetry Update, Art in the Garden
A lovely evening with artists and writers in the Library Garden.
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No One Is Alone, Not Even the Other Guy
A Music Monday Post Late last night, or early this morning, I posted about the song “No More,” from Stephen Sondheim‘s Broadway version of Into the Woods, and how I wished it had been included in the movie. Now a friend tells me that he heard somewhere that the song had been recorded, and could be…
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The Best Song that Was Left Out of the Woods
If this is a review, it’s not a thorough one, and obviously not a timely one. In fact, I am thinking of a new feature for the blog that fits with my new library personae: Overdue Reviews. But in order to talk about the thing I missed most about this remake, we have to cover…
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Pigs and Blackberries, Remembering Galway Kinnell
I don’t believe in fate, or any sort of mystical, supernatural predetermination of the universe. Sometimes great poets die just when you were becoming really familiar with their work. However, I do remember, back in October, being startled when in the week after we read “Blackberry Eating” at the Cross Keys Poetry Society, Galway Kinnell,…
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Ray Bradbury and Skunk Bear on Pluto
Now that I think of it, that could be a very misleading headline. As far as I know, skunks and bears, or combinations thereof have not been discovered on Pluto. And certainly Ray Bradbury has never been there himself. But hey, there’s a lot of ice! Mountains, snow packs, and yeah, it looks to be…
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These Are Extraordinary Times
The small thought, as I re-post this from my friend Jeremy’s excellent blog, The Sand County, is that anyone who watches this full eulogy and comes away still thinking that our President is not a Christian. . . well, frankly, you people baffle me. Maybe you don’t worship the same way at your church. Maybe you…
