It was a Sunday morning when I encountered one of those coincidences that triggered the thought of writing this post and clearing up the “Neanderthal Man” myth. Let me start with the church service that day. The first hymnal was Come, ye faithful, raise the anthem, words by Job Hupton (1762-1849) and John Mason Neale (1818-1866), music by Joachim…
I don’t think that I can take it ‘Cause it took so long to bake it And I’ll never have that recipe again The above quote is not a previously undiscovered poem in the Harry Potter series. But what is the connection between Albus Dumbledore and this silly poem…? For those of you who grew up during…
Out there is a land, the legends tell, Where mighty dragons reign and dwell, A land so faithfully disguised That no humans laid on it their eyes. Drachonia, the legends say, The land where dragons fly and play, Was governed by the dragons’ king, Mordwywr, the one with the golden wing. King Mordwywr, the legends…
Dear wind, do tell. Do I wait in vain Every day in sunshine and in rain? I am here to walk the widow’s walk Each day, shadowed by a seagulls’ flock. Come back to me. Come back to me. Dear wind, do tell. Do I long in vain Bowing at the ocean’s endless reign? Where…
At times, when I need an inspiration for a new short story, I read… song titles, usually without even knowing the song. When a title gets my attention, I start weaving a story around it. One singer that I absolutely adore, while not at all listening to his songs, is Tom Waits. Have a look at…
The statements by Grand Fenwick residents in Gay Pride Festival are copies of comments I found in our local newspaper, not exactly word by word, and they referred to different events. Unfortunately, that includes the term “our uppity First Lady,” which, in all consequence, is a racial slur (My apologies!) because the term “uppity” was…
The following story, like a few others I wrote, was inspired by a real person, Ben S. Clarke, a local Rush-Limbaugh-Wannabe whose mission it was to offend everybody who was not on his side. Ben used to be a political speech writer in Washington DC during the dark eight years of the George W reign….
The following story was inspired by a real person, Ben S. Clarke, a local Rush-Limbaugh-Wannabe whose mission it was to offend everybody who was not on his side. Ben used to be a political speechwriter in Washington, DC during the dark eight years of the George W reign. After W’s virtual disappearance, Ben was out…
At times, when I need an inspiration for a new short story, I read… song titles, usually without even knowing the song. When a title gets my attention, I start weaving a story around it. One singer that I absolutely adore, while not at all listening to his songs, is Tom Waits. Have a look at…
At times, when I need an inspiration for a new short story, I read… song titles, usually without even knowing the song. When a title gets my attention, I start weaving a story around it. One singer that I absolutely adore, while not at all listening to his songs, is Tom Waits. Have a look at…
