Monday, March 31, 2008

The True Love

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Sandie and I recently celebrated our twentieth anniversary (the years go by, don't they). She craves wooden boats and sailing, and I...
Tuesday, March 25, 2008

Broadcasting the Blues

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I was listening to the radio the other evening, Western Washington's hugely popular Jazz station KPLU (broadcast to the world via the In...
Thursday, March 20, 2008

Portuguese Spring

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On this first day of Spring, 2008, a day early or not, I offer a brief note to acknowledge better times and dryer weather ahead... On our bi...
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Sunday, March 16, 2008

Feng Mac, Anyone?

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It's a slow news day as I write this--if you don't count Spitzer resigning and the car bombs in Iraq--so why not talk fast food? NPR...
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Tuesday, March 11, 2008

So Few Books, So Much Time

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I've never written or published a book, though I've been featured briefly or mentioned casually in several--which relates slightly t...
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Wednesday, March 5, 2008

Chiang Mai (2)

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((More journal entries from Thailand 1986.)) June 9 Yesterday I walked to a wat open to visitors on Sunday only, to view its 4th Century c...
Friday, February 29, 2008

Rose of the North (1)

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((Chiang Mai area in the North of Thailand, 1986.)) June 2 I whiled away the rest of yesterday avoiding the extreme heat, reading in the sh...
Wednesday, February 20, 2008

This Gift Reversed

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Now that I'm a wise old... er man of 65, all this looking back almost begins to make sense. One does need to take stock now and then, a...
Thursday, February 14, 2008

Garuda Birds and Flowing Fire (2)

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((Back to Bali and 1986.)) May 18 Night. Rick and I have just returned from a long, hot, and harrowing day spent driving much of the island...
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Saturday, February 9, 2008

Back to Bali (1)

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((Lately at times I've been transcribing sections from my 1986 around-the-world travel journal. Today some impressions and experiences f...
Sunday, February 3, 2008

Grad School Days (2)

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((I turned 65 yesterday, which is the main reason I've been thinking so much about the old days of school and otherwise. So please forgi...
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Monday, January 28, 2008

School Days (1)

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"Good old golden rule days..."--what does that mean anyway? Nuns rapping your knuckles with a ruler? Schoolyard bullies stealing y...
Wednesday, January 23, 2008

A Local Habitation

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"A picture is worth a thousand words"; a typical cliche with much truth beneath the gloss. As one who has made his living as a wri...
Monday, January 21, 2008

Martin Luther King

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Honoring today's celebration of Martin Luther King and all that he and the other Civil Rights heroes stood for, I commend to your attent...
Wednesday, January 16, 2008

Venus Reborn

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Feeling the pressure of new year necessities, so today I've decided to return to the saga of Down Under, 1986 (see two previous entries)...
Wednesday, January 9, 2008

Blasted Outback

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((Returning on the Indian-Pacific train, heading back from Perth (this time to dip south for visits to Melbourne and Adelaide), we again had...
Thursday, January 3, 2008

Train Time

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((The sad demise of American railroads and current sorry state of AmTrak versus some embarrassingly excellent trains still zipping and chugg...
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Friday, December 28, 2007

Of Harvests and Rivers

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In the late Thirties, a few U.S. composers moved on from Modernism (or maybe they backed away), revisiting sounds more native to America. Aa...