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Saturday, December 21, 2024
Keeping An Open Mind
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"To be a great musician, you've got to be open to what's new, what's happening at the moment. You have to be able to absorb...
Thursday, December 5, 2024
A Jazz Portrait: Nina Simone
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Nina Simone (1933-2003), born Eunice Kathleen Waymon. She was called by her admirers the High Priestess of Soul. Her many talents included s...
Saturday, November 23, 2024
Worthy November Events
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November is National Gratitude Month (What are you grateful for?), National Family Stories Month (A good time to share stories from your fam...
Thursday, November 7, 2024
Books To Read In A Troubled Time
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It's time to dust off our copies of The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich (William Shirer), 1984 (George Orwell), Farenheit 451 (Ray Bra...
Tuesday, October 29, 2024
Creepy Stories For Halloween
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Here are two very creepy stories that I recently re-read. They are, I think, appropriate reading for Halloween: The first is "The Lotte...
Saturday, October 12, 2024
Four Biographical Novels On My To-Read List
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I enjoy reading biographies. I especially enjoy reading biographical novels. Because much of what's in these books are "products of...
Friday, September 27, 2024
A Book Publisher's Incomplete Name
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There was a New York publishing house called Four Walls Eight Windows. That name always sounded incomplete to me. How about Four Walls Eight...
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