went to see some friends playing across the street…stayed MAYBE an hour…the lead guitar was too loud, the vocals were muddy…I found the woman sitting nearby to be annoying…While it’s possible she doesn’t recognize me from Safeway, it’s just as possible that my impression of her (loves herself a LOT) keeps her in a world […]
in 1971 or thereabouts my friend Ed left (or was fired from) the four-piece band we had been in…He formed a trio; for about 15 minutes *I* played Bass…then we found Mark and I went back to the Drums…by 1975 I had left that band…Tonight, after almost 40 years, Mark and I were re-united…we’d been […]
Welcome to the October 2012 Edition of Pick-Apart Poetry as we celebrate Autumn in a short poetry way. September and October seem to have been rushing by and it’s hard to believe that Halloween is already next week and the elections just a couple of weeks away. Then on to November and December Holidays and […]
TED TALKS 121 Scilla Elworthy: Fighting with non-violence Margaret Heffernan: Dare to disagree Max Little: A test for Parkinson’s with a phone call A sense of humor about Afghanistan? Artist Aman Mojadidi shows how Pam Warhurst: How we can eat our landscapes Ivan Krastev: Can democracy exist without trust? Caitria and Morgan O’Neill: How to […]
With God on Our Side The Gaian Dragon I Ching Calendar #52 : Control External control in the world will go awry, when not matched with internal control of selfish desire. Meditate. Hold onto a Universal perspective. Proceed step by step. Provide just what is needed. Gradually exert Control. Examine Character Deliver what you promise. […]
TED TALKS 120 Tracy Chevalier: Finding the story inside the painting Ramesh Raskar: Imaging at a trillion frames per second Michael Hansmeyer: Building unimaginable shapes Michael Anti: Behind the Great Firewall of China Kirby Ferguson: Embracing the remix Rob Legato: The art of creating awe Stephen Ritz: A teacher growing green in the South Bronx […]
slowly but surely I’m becoming a lead singer…I have a couple LV moments in MSR, but I don’t have many with Lou…well, last night I had two…AND I LOVE HER went better when I stopped trying to be McCartney and sang like ME…and surprisingly I DON’T do Dylan when I sing THE TIMES THEY ARE […]
TED TALKS 118 Rives: Reinventing the encyclopedia game Massimo Banzi: How Arduino is open-sourcing imagination Don Tapscott: Four principles for the open world Elyn Saks: A tale of mental illness — from the inside Boaz Almog “levitates” a superconductor Alanna Shaikh: How I’m preparing to get Alzheimer’s Cesar Harada: A novel idea for cleaning up […]
the O.M. at Hershey’s has moved from Thursday to Wednesday, so Lou and I went…I hope I can remember that tomorrow is THURSDAY…we did good IMO, I did THE TIMES THEY ARE A-CHANGING in public for the first time–and got thru it just fine…Lou played harmonica on it; someday maybe I will…Hopefully MSR will be […]
FOR I LOVE THEM ONE AND ALL There are so many poets I remember and recall, too many to single out just one, for I love them one and all as they touch my heart in such a variety of ways, tugging at my emotions and captivating my days. I love the poets of the […]
