Jen’s “spankings for the bad {grade school} boys” comment swept me back to Cincinnati, to my seventh grade grade art class taught by Mr Ertel. Mr. Ertel looked like a thin-faced version of Richard Nixon with black greasy hair and bald temples. He taught us to draw and he snapped us out of our day […]
Molly, Mark and Ginger’s actress daughter, is in an Indie slasher movie premiering (one night only) in Providence tonight, and we’re all going down to be part of the event. Molly’s presently in summer stock, this winter she’ll appear as young Louisa in WGBH’s upcoming life of Louisa May Alcott , and she was recently […]
The title has nothing to do with dinner at John and Karen’s Thursday night, it just happens to be playing in the background as the thunder rumbles.
Four Poems I think it will be winter when he comes. From the unbearable whiteness of the road a dot will emerge, so black that eyes will blur, and it will be approaching for a long, long time, making his absence commensurate with his coming, and for a long, long time it will remain a […]
I moved from rock to folk in the 70’s and missed Queen altogether. Wikipedia: “Freddy Mercury is noted for his live performances, which were often delivered to stadium audiences around the world. As a performer, he displayed a highly theatrical style that often invoked a great deal of participation from the crowd. One of Mercury’s […]
Porch dancing? Now what does that have to do with painting? Three guys painting a porch? Dancing around the house with paint brushes? Nope, it’s got nothing to do with paint. Just so happens I wanted to update the crew’s progress in the same post as this.