The Nightfly, circa 1983, was hands down one of the sonically best sounding albums I had ever heard. And of course, there were so manygreat singles from this, his debut solo album, and probably by a long shot his most successful, and I had heard them all on the radio. But it would be severalContinue reading “#689: F is for Fagen, Donald”
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#470: I look up at the index of my life . . .
You would think I might be running out of steam, but after posting today’s poem I looked in at the NaPoWriMo website, out of curiosity, to see the prompt for today, and I could not help myself. The prompt was to write a poem inspired by, modeled after, or found in an index. I thoughtContinue reading “#470: I look up at the index of my life . . .”
#300: The American English Teacher Gets His Courage Shit Together
“This shit works” –heard in conversation with Rick, and then later with Paul or Jeff, one or both of whom attributed it to Parker Palmer, perhaps apocryphally. 20 years ago I thought to myself there’s no way I can do this for another 20 years. I would need the strength of a half dozen supermen,Continue reading “#300: The American English Teacher Gets His Courage Shit Together”
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