Wednesday, January 29, 2014

Congruence

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  Ah, the sad expression in the eyes                      of that caged bird--                             envying the butterfly!       ...
Friday, January 24, 2014

Some great DVDs viewed in 2013

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This will be a short list, mostly because I bought a new computer and lost most of my files during the changeover.  They are in no particula...
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Monday, January 20, 2014

Robert Grudin: the perfect comeback--hours later

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III.5 "The French use the term ' esprit de l'escalier '  ('wit of the stairway') to describe the brilliant comme...
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Tuesday, January 14, 2014

Friedrich Nietzsche: on disarmament

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#284 " The means to real peace .   No government admits any more that it keeps an army to satisfy occasionally the desire for conques...
Monday, January 13, 2014

Emily Dickinson

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This is another of Emily Dickinson 's many poems on death.  It focuses on death as a being restful, a safe shore--a common theme in her ...

Joseph Wood Krutch: a prophecy?

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"An obviously unfriendly reporter revealed not long ago that President Eisenhower had ordered removed from the White House lawn the sq...
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Tuesday, December 31, 2013

Thomas Hardy: The Darkling Thrush

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The Darkling Thrush I leant upon a coppice gate ….. When Frost was spectre-gray, And Winter's dregs made desolate ….. The weakening ...
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Sunday, December 29, 2013

Drew Magary: The Postmortal

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Drew Magary The Postmortal   Drew Magary's  The Postmortal is probably the best SF novel that explores the theme of an extended li...
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Monday, December 23, 2013

Edward Thomas: The Unknown Bird

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I must admit I know little about Edward Thomas, except that he was a friend of Robert Frost, which definitely is a plus for him.  I was only...
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Monday, December 16, 2013

The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam: The Last Quatrain

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I've stalled around a bit in posting on this quatrain: it's the last one for all editions.  I started this project on September 26, ...
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Tuesday, December 10, 2013

12 Angry Men: three versions of this film

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12 Angry Men, US Film  (1957) This film appeared in the theaters in 1957 and, while a critical success, did not attract an audience and di...
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Saturday, November 30, 2013

Europa Report: An SF film

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Europa Report   ( ER)    is one of the best SF films I've viewed in some time.  I actually hadn't heard much about it before I cam...
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Friday, November 29, 2013

More Autumn Haiku

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The storm has moved on and the sun is now shining on Tucson.         Pebbles shining clear, And clear six silent fish .  .  .         D...
Saturday, November 23, 2013

Some autumn haiku

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The first winter storm has settled down over Tucson for the past two days--temperatures in the low 50s--grey, gloomy overcast skies--rain, r...
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Sunday, November 17, 2013

The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam: Quatrain LXXIV

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This  is the next-to-the-last quatrain in all three editions.  The poet/narrator waxes philosophical as he contemplates his own end as he ne...
Monday, November 11, 2013

Han Shan or Cold Mountain: life is short

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Two poems by Han Shan on the transience of youth for Spring and Summer swiftly lead to Fall and Winter: 7. A moth-browed girl in town ho...
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Sunday, November 10, 2013

Theodore Sturgeon: "The Other Celia"

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This is one of those quiet little stories that Ted Sturgeon does so well.  The horror is understated and relates not to Celia, be she an ali...
Thursday, October 17, 2013

Nikos Kazantzakis: The Greek Passion

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Nikos Kazantzakis:  The Greek Passion Simon and Schuster Trans.  by Jonathan Griffen   Lycovrissi is a small Greek village that is und...
Saturday, October 12, 2013

Joseph Wood Krutch on specialists and amateurs, Pt. 2

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More from Joseph Wood Krutch on specialists and amateurs.  He's found a kindred soul among the specialists. "The late William Mor...
Sunday, October 6, 2013

Joseph Wood Krutch: on specialists and amateurs, Pt 1

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"Many specialists are very contemptuous of such activities as mine--but not all of them are.  Some steal time from their exacting purs...
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