Leonard Dubrow LOUISE GLUCK (1943-2023) “Greatest Poem in the World” THE LITTLE BLACK BOY by William Blake MY mother bore me in the southern wild, And I am black, but O! my soul is white; White as an angel is the English child; But I am black as if bereaved of light. My mother taught me underneath a tree And sitting … Read more
THE MAN WHO does not read good books, has no advantage over the man who cannot read. MARK TWAIN LOUISE GLUCK 1943-2023 NOBLE PRIZE WINNING POET FROM THE BEGINNING OF TIME, IN CHILDHOOD, I THOUGHT THAT PAIN MEANT I WAS NOT LOVED. IT MEANT … Read more
THE KEY TO JOY IS DISOBEDIENCE. A MAN WHO IS DOING HIS TRUE WILL has the inertia of the universe to assist him. ALEISTER CROWLEY ENTER INTO MY PEACE THIS DAY, shut out all the noise and confusion of the world and come into the secret place where there is perfect inner stillness and … Read more
TODAY IS NATIONAL VERMONT DAY AND OLD FARMERS DAY. DICK GREGORY 1932-2017. “Nigger” “From the Back of the Bus”. THE UNITED STATES is the most dishonest, ungodly, unspiritual nation that ever existed in the history of the planet. THE FREE MAN IS THE … Read more
LAMENTING the age of complete license — in the arts as well as in daily life TERENCE DAVIES (1945-2023) told L.A.Weekly in 2012: “The first thing that goes is subtlety. The first thing that goes is any kind of restraint or even wit sometimes. I don’t know how to deal with that in the modern world. … Read more
TODAY IS INTERNATIONAL NEWSPAPER CARRIER DAY. ALL THE THINGS I LIKE TO DO are either immoral, illegal or fattening. ALEXANDER WOLLCOTT I CANNOT THINK of a more personally rewarding … Read more
CANADIAN THANKSGIVING DAY. IT IS BETTER TO BE SILENT THAN TO DISPUTE WITH THE IGNORANT. PYTHAGORAS George Harrisons last words: “EVERYTHING ELSE CAN WAIT, but the search for God cannot … Read more
MICHELLE ALEXANDER 1967—“The New Jim Crow” OUR ENTIRE POLITICAL SYSTEM is financed by wealthy private interests buying politicians and making sure the rules are written ins their favor. NO OTHER COUNTRY in the world imprisons so many of … Read more
NOVEMBER 6—“MAD HATTER DAY IN 1996, RUSSEL SHERMAN PUBLISHED “Piano Pieces.” a compilation of essays about teaching and performing. “notes may be missed but not casually flubbed. Phrases may be askew but not aimlessly drifting. Sonorities may be brazen but not barren. The player … Read more
WE THINK TOO MUCH AND FEEL TOO LITTLE. CHARLE CHAPLIN WHEN I MANAGE TO WRITE WELL, there is a second, silent language. this silent language says what it is all about. It’s not the story, but you can hear something behind it — a silent voice speaking. … Read more
