"And that's all I'm going to say about that."
Or, A Personal Struggle, this morning’s stream of consciousness, unedited. What shall I write about today? I’m struggling. Not just today, for the last little while. Just reading the article “Lefty Guru of Optimism” in The New York Times on…
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Growing up. An odd phrase. Why “up”? Doesn’t grow imply “up”? Cambridge Dictionary: “Increase in size or amount.” Dictionary.com: “becoming greater in quantity, size, extent, or intensity” also:“having or showing life.” Merriam-Webster:1a: to spring up and develop to maturityb :…
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Or, Romeo and Juliet in a Kurosawa rainstorm.Or, the best play I ever walked out on at intermission. This was our third attempt to see this play during the 2018 season at Oregon Shakespeare Festival (OSF), the attraction that brought…
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Twenty faces. It has been more than a week since I’ve seen them. Yet, I believe, if I had the kind of talent court room sketch artists have, I could draw each and every member of that crew. I hope…
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There’s nothing like a great last line to pull a story together, fulfill its promise to enlighten, to bring you joy or sorrow or wonder, to leave you with interesting questions or ideas, or simply bring on a smile and…
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You don’t know about me without you have read a book by the name of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer; but that ain’t no matter. The first line of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain, 1884) hooked me the first…
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There is an inverse proportion between the number of exclamation points appearing in a text and persuasiveness. This also applies to text in bold or all caps. Too often, we see all three used together. Yes: AT THE SAME TIME!!!!!!!!!…
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Klee and I recently took a little trip to Priest Lake in Idaho. We were to join some friends who were opening up their family cabin at the lake for the summer. It was not yet summer, still spring but…
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Earth Day was first proposed October 1969, at a UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) Conference in San Francisco by John McConnel. McConnell, a peace advocate, proposed a global holiday to honor the Earth and Peace with the…
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Sequels? Generally, not a big fan. The concept more often than not makes me roll my eyes. Roger Ebert observed back in 2011 “As the leadership of many studios is taken from creators and assigned to marketers, nothing is harder…
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