Category Archives: Writing by others
We’ll Meet Again
I’m enjoying watching Picard on CBS All Access, the latest installment in the decades old Star Trek franchise. Episode Seven hit me very hard as it featured old friends reunited in a warm, sunny place of great beauty and peace. … Continue reading
Posted in music, Thoughts on writing, Uncategorized, Writing by others
Tagged afterlife, god, heaven, hope, loved ones, music, parents, peace, sunny day, the afterlife, vera lynn, we'll meet again
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A Dead Parrot and a Lumberjack
The Parrot Sketch MR. PRALINE John Cleese SHOP OWNER Michael Palin A customer enters a pet shop. Mr. Praline: ‘Ello, I wish to register a complaint. (The owner does not respond.) Mr. Praline: ‘Ello, Miss? Owner: What do you mean … Continue reading
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Tagged absurd, comedians, dead parrot, humor, lumberjack song, Monty Python, pythons
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We Are All Locked in The Greenhouse
This sign used to hang in one of the many greenhouses on the U.C. Davis campus. I like its chatty, humorous tone, something rarely seen when needing help. It also reminds me of Kafka’s The Castle, in which a driven … Continue reading
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Tagged German, internet archive, Kafka, Max Brod, Muirs, novel, shocked books, The Castle, translators, writing
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The Hunting of the Snark by Lewis Carroll
The only poem Lewis Carrol published that had an unhappy ending. Make no mistake, this is a happy and sometime joyous poems that revels in the English language. Some say this is the most extended example of nonsense poetry in … Continue reading
The Pulitzer Prize And The State of Jefferson
Winning the Pulitzer was traditionally a career making event for a newspaper reporter. And a real point of pride for the newspaper that employed the writer. It used to be simple, you won the Pulitzer. There were four original awards … Continue reading
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Tagged 1941, 1942, columbia school of journalism, humboldt county, jackson county, klamath county, lake county, northern california, oregon, siskiyou county, Stanton Delaplane, state of jefferson, the san francisco chronicle, trinity county
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Deeper Into SEO
Search engine optimization means producing high ranking web pages. Quality content isn’t enough, that content must employ a variety of techniques to get your client’s website on the first or second page of Google’s search results. A company might produce … Continue reading
We Can Be Heroes
What a set of pipes! David Bowie killing it in Berlin in 2002. At age 55. The different versions of this performance total over 118 million views. Heroes by David Bowie I, I will be king And you, you will … Continue reading
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Tagged 2002, Berlin, David Bowie, heroes, rock music, singing, songwriting, we could be heroes
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American Heritage is Alive Online and Ongoing
More great history from American Heritage, a lay publication written for decades by famous, notable historians. I never got into this title but I did have three articles published in their sister magazine, Invention & Technology. Which is still going, … Continue reading
The Hollow Men by T.S. Eliot
The Hollow Men by T.S. Eliot Mistah Kurtz—he dead. A penny for the Old Guy I We are the hollow men We are the stuffed men Leaning together Headpiece filled with straw. Alas! Our dried voices, when We whisper together … Continue reading