:::SCROLL DOWN FOR UPDATE::: I apologize for light-to-non-existant posting. We’ve had out-of-state company in for the funeral, etc, and I was wondering why I seemed to have no energy for even answering my emails – then I got my CBC today and realized WHY I was so tired…but I should be back on my feet in a day or so…or so. Meanwhile, plodding through my emails, I note that Van Morrison is promising (or threatening) to play this summer at... Read more
A thoughtful reader sent a pick-me-up with this link to Bryn singing ‘Miei rampolli femminini’ from Rossini’s La Cenerentola.. He’s clearly having a ball with it and so is the audience. A great singer, a great actor. From the hairstyle, I’d say this is from about 6 or 8 years ago. The reader also sent this revealing link. He began winning eisteddfods after his voice broke when he was 11 and went on to study singing at the Guildhall School... Read more
While my own synapses are not yet firing on cue, I thought I would direct you to this piece by Kobayashi Maru, who relates a story of serendipitous consolation. Except we all know, there are no accidents. You’ll want to read this. It will give you chills. Read more
I have decided that when I die, I don’t want the wake thing, at least not as we do it these days. I don’t want two days of lows and highs, then the terrible closing of a lid and all of these people crying and crying…I mean, there were some wonderful tributes made to my brother in law – a note from a woman who had never seemed particularly close to him and yet whose words of tribute were so... Read more
My dear brother-in-law, whom I have known for all of my life, left us today. In his last weeks, we have seen in his leave-taking all of the horror of my brother S’s death, and only some of the beauty. His passing was very quick, and he died at home, in his own bed, as he wished. I almost cannot believe he is gone, except that DH and I saw him only an hour before he died…and it was plain... Read more
In such divisive times as these, it is always good to turn to a friend and be able to count on him to buck you up, lift you from the doldrums and otherwise stiffen the upper lip! But then that is The Code of the Woosters, to “never let a pal down.” I habitually turn to Plum Wodehouse’s most sublime farce when I am feeling down, and Bertie and his man, Jeeves never fail me. My worn paperback edition has... Read more
Oh, lemme gloat a little bit…I wrote here: The Enron verdict is guilty. It will be spun as a disaster for the Bushies, and no mention will be made of Clinton bringing Enron folk to India with him while in office or of his playing golf with Kenny Boy. What’s new? Well, Howard Fineman did the honors and in a very sloppy manner, as we read from Stephen Spruiell: This is one of the most astonishing opinion pieces I’ve ever... Read more
I had doctor’s appointments most of the day, and while I was in the car I kept switching around on the radio. I pulled up Rush and couldn’t listen more than a few minutes. What I heard was a disappointing, strange, paranoia-feeding rant on how the “moderate Republicans and Democrats in the Senate” have a deliberate plan afoot to “enlarge the number of victims and people who will need welfare services” so as to “enlarge government…” It’s all a plot... Read more
Okay, this is just getting too interesting…or too confusing, I can’t decide which. Here’s Mac’s Mind, this morning: (Quoting CNN) The FBI wants to interview top members of Congress from both parties about the leak to The New York Times concerning the National Security Agency’s domestic surveillance program, sources told CNN. The Capitol Hill newspaper Roll Call first reported that the FBI wanted to question federal legislators as part of its probe. The sources do not know if any members... Read more
Yes, you do want to “…jump and scream and encourage your child.” But comes a time – and I’d say it’s around 8th grade, where you really should no longer feel compelled to scream your kid’s name and hoot and holler every time you see them perform in a band, sing in a choir, etc. Apparently, this bishop feels the same way and after repeated requests to parents to please refrain from carrying on and applauding, hooting, bellowing, etc until... Read more
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