Essays
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It was upon a summer’s breeze that the echoes from a forest beckoned a young lass. Often, from the confines of her mother’s garden or with her elbows resting on her bedroom windowsill, she had wondered about the wood just yonder did our golden-haired youth but never had she ventured into its denseness. Today,
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It’s June, a month that bridges late spring and early summer. June also means something else, and that “something else” has prompted me to write this post. I have hesitated for twenty days, fearful of the castigations that might ensue. But upon further review, I decided to let the haymaker fly because it’s coming from
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I don’t abide by the concept Voting is my civic duty. I vote when a candidate has earned my vote. Moreover, I consider myself politically homeless. I don’t “play for a team.” When one allows themselves to get drafted onto a team (into a political party), one tends to root for that team irrespective of
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Many musicologists regard Franz Liszt as the greatest pianist of all time. Anyone who has tried to play the music of List would not disagree. Liszt was music’s first superstar; he was to the 19th-century what Elvis and The Beatles were to the 20th. Following concerts all over Europe, Liszt took home many treasures: roses,
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April 18, 1775, gave birth to America’s first “Bad Ass.” Paul Revere’s Ride By Henry Wadsworth Longfellow LISTEN, my children, and you shall hearOf the midnight ride of Paul Revere,On the eighteenth of April, in Seventy-five;Hardly a man is now aliveWho remembers that famous day and year. He said to his friend, “If the British
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206 Sussex Drive, otherwise known as “Michael’s Kitchen,” ranks as numero uno! There, a typical meal will include broiled Salmon, Acorn squash, and Couscous. Another is Baked Chicken (I have numerous zesty recipes), Sweet Potato, and a Kale/Arugula salad. The food is always fresh, nutrient-rich to promote optimum health, and damn delicious!
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A limerick from the first season of The Crown: There once was a girl named Sally Who never said “no” to a dally And when she sat on the lap of a well-endowed chap She cried, “Sir, you are right up my alley!” Another from the late Christopher Hitchens: It was said of the Bishop
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Years ago, Anthony Hopkins and Emma Thompson teamed up for the second time in a film called The Remains of the Day. Hopkins plays the head butler; Thompson plays the head house maid. Their sexual tension is palpable but Hopkins character, Mr. Stevens, puts duty above all else and won’t entertain a relationship. Meanwhile, they
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