During the past two months, hair salons and barber shops have been closed. Only recently have they reopened, with restrictions. The subject today is hair length. When the flag was waved allowing the reopening of the hair cutting establishments, people could not wait to get in line. My stylist actually called me the week before … More Hair
A dwarf, said some with glee Just a planetary wannabe Angering many a schoolchild The planetary vote, openly reviled Years of debate, finally a mission In 2006, there was rocket ignition Toward Pluto and everything beyond To study what creation spawned New Horizons didn’t need to land For scientific minds to understand Gathering knowledge from … More Pluto Revisited
Lighter than the summer air Gliding atop that bright flower A flash of rainbow colors Secretly holding nature’s power An army of a single wanderer A Skipper’s life is quite brief Long enough to procreate Spreading eggs across a leaf An erratic flickering swarm A sea of multi-colored wings Sailing on their own … More Ten Billion Butterfly Sneezes
I’ve heard director Ken Russell described as the British Federico Fellini. And when you look at their films, you see some truth in that. Excessive? Blurring the line between fantasy and reality? A bit perverse? Controlling? Controversial? Yes, both filmmakers. Russell tells a funny story of meeting Fellini once, in Rome scouting locations. According to … More Ken Russell: Filmmaker
It seems there is always Oscar controversy. Picking the Oscar selections used to be a lot of fun, mainly because I saw most if not all of the nominees. In more recent years, I am either less familiar with some of the nominees, or I choose not to see some films. I thought it would … More Best Picture: If I Made the Choice
Life isn’t always fair or uplifting. Sometimes it sucks. At some point in our lives we’ve been humbled, taken down a notch, or made to see the error of our ways. The act of humility is recognizing and accepting missteps, and understanding why we failed. No, it’s not always someone else’s fault. Sometimes we get exactly … More Looking Back
Unless you are 20 years old, it doesn’t work. It can’t work. The banana can never be green again. Twenty is not a cultural touchstone. It is the epicenter of only that universe. Twenty is when kids are figuring it out. Youthful appearance and attitude are cultural currency for that generation, but not tender as … More Try to Be 20
As I was waiting for my Monterey Chicken sandwich in the deli eating area, I noticed the young woman who seems to run the place take a seat and another employee sat across from her. I’m not a snoopy person, but I am observant, and the three of us were the ones in the joint. … More Management Feedback
“Strong and barely controllable emotion.” That’s the Oxford dictionary definition. Passion is a rousing stimuli from deep inside, that tries to escape through your pores. It’s so strong you need to hold tightly and guide where it goes. Ride that tiger. Passion is a pole vault over challenges, hurdling obstacles, it is this strength of … More Passion
Slow Turning is probably John Hiatt’s most accessible album. Hard to believe it is over 30 years old. Is Hiatt a folk singer, a pop singer, a blues singer, a country singer? He’s a bit of all of those styles. Hiatt wasn’t the first songwriter to blend styles, but he became one of the most … More John Hiatt: Slow Turning (1988)
