On Transmigration

From their 2012 album "Elysium" As I've mentioned before I almost always wake up with a song running around in my head. I...

 I guess this is what being a shut-in is all about. What an afternoon/night.  I must have dreamed the epic of all dreams during that time...

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I was seven years old when I paid my first admission to the Orpheum Theatre. The beauty of the space took my breath away. I was fascinate...

At last. A quiet, restful night without pain, stress, or tension of body or mind. Woke up in the same position I fell asleep, so I was tire...

For some reason this old favorite has been in my mind and on my lips all week. Don't know why. May be the full moon. I knew things ...

Remembering how The Weavers were vilified, then watched the individual black-balling and smearing of Pete and his message.  Watching him ove...

Always a good combination, if you ask me.  Eventually got the car cleaned off this morning, (it took 3 attempts since I'm short of ...

I ought to know after these many months of quick-changing health issues, not to make plans - not even a day ahead.  It can all fall apa...

What can I say? A Jet-set kind of guy with a full dance-card.   Weekend on Catalina, Dinner at Sardi's, Happy Hour with Patrick Ste...

By Matt Faust.  part of the Tribeca Film Festival 'shorts' offerings. It's a poignant live/animated film using photos and famil...

Yes, I know that feeling very well. May it all come to pass in a few more days.  Meanwhile, I am thinking healing, happy thoughts and t...

Very rare, indeed. I need some, please!!! Thanks to thunderstorms and heavy downpours confirming that this would not be a beach day, I kne...

I stumbled onto this site while visiting other NOLA blogs and this simply blew me away.  So simple and so powerful at the same time. Th...

My head hurts. I've been having dreams about the restaurant.  Unsettling dreams, not nightmares exactly, but bizarre and with a Twil...

And you are, baby.  You are. And so it goes. *

Don't bother to repent, the most sinful among us is running away   retiring at the end of the month. Alas, the party is still over. All...

There is no holiday spirit, and certainly no Christmas spirit in me this year. Daily visuals of the elderly in our midst draw me in as n...

Dragged myself out early yesterday morning to run errands and get grocery shopping out of the way. Snagged a few bottles of wine in the pro...