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Category Archives: Writing
Oh, horror upon horror!
No writer has the ability to evoke a sense of horror and dread more effectively than Edgar Allan Poe, born on January 19, 1809, in Boston, Massachusetts. Poe’s parents were actors. Their brilliant and unstable son grew up to be a … Continue reading
Posted in Books, History, Libraries, Museums, Restaurants, USA, Writing
Tagged American Poets, Edgar Allan Poe, the Raven
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“back when tigers used to smoke” (호랑이 담배 피우던 시절에)
Once upon a time… korean: “back when tigers used to smoke” (호랑이 담배 피우던 시절에) czech: “beyond seven mountain ranges, beyond seven rivers” (za sedmero horami a sedmero řekami) georgian: “there was, and there was not, there was…” (იყო და არა იყო … Continue reading
heaped with shining hills
First Snow by Mary Oliver The snow began here this morning and all day continued, its white rhetoric everywhere calling us back to why, how, whence such beauty and what the meaning… The silence is immense, and the heavens still hold … Continue reading
We all want to be told stories
“We exist for ourselves, perhaps, and at times we even have a glimmer of who we are, but in the end we can never be sure, and as our lives go on, we become more and more opaque to ourselves, … Continue reading
Waiting for the Barbarians
The great performance artist Laurie Anderson and company presented a concert of new works inspired by poet C. P. Cavafy. Filmed at the Saint Thomas Church in New York City, the performance is commissioned by the Onassis Foundation. About “Archive … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Books, Europe, Film, Music, Restaurants, USA, Writing
Tagged Alexandria, C.P. Cavafy, Laurie Anderson, New York City, Poetry
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“They’ve been going in and out of style”
Continuing a tradition started in 2016, Chris the Barker has made another collage frequently updated and up to the last minute to eulogize Olivia Hussey and Jimmy Carter, in tribute to those passed away this year. The field more crowded than … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Books, Europe, Film, History, movies, Music, Restaurants, Theater, USA, Writing
Tagged Jimmy Carter, Quincy Jones, Sgt.Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club, The Beatles
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There is no love of life without despair of life.
Albert Camus died on this day in 1960. Many have wondered over the last 65 years at an odd bit of trivia about that day when he was killed in a car accident. Why did he have an unused train … Continue reading
Posted in Africa, Books, Europe, History, Restaurants, Writing
Tagged Albert Camus, France, KGB, Nobel Prize in Literature, Russia
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For what gives value to travel is fear.
“For what gives value to travel is fear. It breaks down a kind of inner structure we have. One can no longer cheat — hide behind the hours spent at the office or at the plant (those hours we protest … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Restaurants, Tourism, Travel Writing, Writing
Tagged Albert Camus, Travel
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Time is being
hymn to time :: Ursula K. Le Guin Time says “Let there be” every moment and instantly there is space and the radiance of each bright galaxy. And eyes beholding radiance. And the gnats’ flickering dance. And the seas’ expanse. … Continue reading
We are moving into a period of bewilderment
“We are moving into a period of bewilderment, a curious moment in which people find light in the midst of despair, and vertigo at the summit of their hopes. It is a religious moment also, and here is the danger. … Continue reading
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