The New Normal - It’s For Your Own Good
California Winter Solstice 2017 The New Normal has become people saying, “It’s the new normal.” They claim random events are the New...
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Dec 21, 2017
Holiday 2017 - Making Spirits Bright
Making Spirits Bright: Dean’s Take on Peace on Earth The song “Peace on Earth” was written by Peggy Lee and Sonny Burke for the Disney...
Dec 15, 2017
Swing Time Lights
Mid-December 2017 Last week, during the end of this month of December, 2017, I awoke with the strains in my head of the duet that Ginger...
Dec 9, 2017
The Cookie Crumbles - No Apologies
December 2017 Recently I saw this advertising ploy on a package of cookies that I usually enjoy: Unapologetically Delicious. First, I...
Nov 24, 2017
Giving Thanks - The Thin Men
November 2017 There are 6 Thin Men movies, the original The Thin Man and 5 sequels. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer produced these films from...
Nov 24, 2017
Late-November 2017 - Black November
“Black is the Color of My True Love’s Hair” There is no way to describe “shoe love” to a man. The emotional transport truly does defy...
Nov 20, 2017
Mid-November 2017 - Giving Thanks
Giving Thanks I am giving thanks for the godsend of consequence, the harvest of coincidence, the friend who came by happenstance and...
Nov 11, 2017
Veteran’s Day 2017 - The American Hero
The American Hero For just one moment he felt the thrill of the battle the daring to go desire compelled him to face fear and know the...
Nov 6, 2017
The New Exit Route
November 2017 There are new garage doors to the “barn” that comprises our garage. The two wooden doors were relics from the early 1960s....
Nov 5, 2017
Shakespeare - Sonnet 29
Autumn Leaves 2017 There was a time in my life, long ago, when Sonnet 29 by William Shakespeare became a fixture, sent from the...
Nov 1, 2017
Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison
November 2017 Heaven knows I love this film. I’ve loved it since I first saw it as a child. I still marvel at the potent and yet adeptly...
Oct 31, 2017
The Happy Fest of October 2017
All-Hallows’-Eve : The Celebration of Truth It was a controversy: Halloween in the 1990s. Everything was a controversy back then, at...
Oct 20, 2017
Flannel Fest 2017 - The Flannel Beagle
20 October 2017 In honor of the Second Annual Flannel Fest at the local sporting goods store, we proudly present Flannel Hound! Chance...
Oct 15, 2017
Mid-October 2017 - Maurice Chevalier
Maurice Chevalier: I Remember Him Well Chevalier — the name itself fascinates. In French, it means “knight”; in English, a chevalier, the...
Oct 10, 2017
Frédéric Chopin - The Spirit of Homecoming
October 2017 Frédéric François Chopin was not fully French nor did he consider himself French. In fact (and fact is difficult to...
Oct 1, 2017
The Russian Artist
October 2017 This tribute is dedicated to the Russian Artist, an inspirational figure who has been the muse of many a writer. The...
Sep 9, 2017
Back to School 2017 - Off with His Head!
9 September 2017 Last year, I began to read the new section in my Norton Anthology of English Literature (Eighth Edition, Volume 1)....
Sep 5, 2017
September 2017 - The Honor of the Harvest Moon
I recently purchased an art treasure from Japan, a bunny created by Tokuda Yasokichi III (1933–2009). This man was one of the world’s...
Sep 4, 2017
Sewing Project
Labor Day 2017 I have thus far not written any essay that is patently political, but I think it is time, in the name of fashion, to cry...
Aug 15, 2017
Otis Redding and the Soul of Art
Mid-August 2017 The ultimate of soul singers for me, Otis Redding idolized Sam Cooke, whose voice was more supple; and Little Richard,...
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