July 30th, 2018 → 6:51 am
My third novel is at last complete. It is even more controversial than my last one, but it was important for me to see it through. I leave it as a legacy for my son, whose own remarkable life was the novel’s inspiration.
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July 25th, 2018 → 5:21 am
This is the second half of the description of England in Richard II, and it is rank with anti-Semitism, disappointment, and contempt. England is great and blessed, feared and exalted, but also, in hock, prejudiced, and shameful. We all have two sides. Good and bad, ying and yang. England does too. Heck, Shakespeare himself did. We all do. It behooves us to face this truth sometimes, and not be selective about it.
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July 23rd, 2018 → 6:19 am
I just finished watching Season 2 of The Crown. It ends with this famous quote describing England. And most commentators that use the quote today end it there. But the passage itself in Richard II does not end there. It continues along a darker vein. Presenting only the first half of this description is selective, inappropriate even, as it presents only a shining image of England. But – like most things in life – there is another side. I’ll quote that other side in my next post…
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July 17th, 2018 → 5:44 am
“Whilst bloody treason flourished over us.” – Julius Caesar
I am still in shock from yesterday’s summit in Helsinki. This is actually treason, and not just by the U.S. President, but also from the so-far muted response of Congressional Republicans. When will we rid ourselves of this malevolent cancer?????
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July 13th, 2018 → 6:11 am
In this time of increasing transatlantic tensions, I thought I’d offer a quote that reminds us to value our friendships.
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July 7th, 2018 → 7:39 am
The first reviews are in of Tom Hanks as Falstaff, and apparently they are glowing! Of particular note are his insults, including “bull’s pizzle” said with a mouthful of spit and invective. Sure wish I could see this up on the stage for myself.
“bull’s pizzle,” by the way, is a 16th century flogging instrument made from a bull’s penis
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July 1st, 2018 → 7:15 am
“Ware pencils, ho!” – Love’s Labour’s Lost
I just spent the past two hours struggling with but one paragraph of my current novel. Damn the intro to chapter 7, curse the writing life, bugger this voracious hunger to write, write, write. To all my fellow authors out there: Never Give Up!!
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June 25th, 2018 → 6:38 am
My son has left for summer camp (a 2-week overnight camp), and it is just so unnatural without him. His presence fills the house; his toys, his clothes, his smell… his laughter, his smiles, his questions… My son will return in two weeks, yet if his brief absence to this happy place is still so biting, I literally cannot imagine what the bereft parents at the U.S. border are going through right now.
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June 15th, 2018 → 6:06 am
Congratulations North America, for winning the bid to host the 2026 World Cup!
June 10th, 2018 → 8:36 am
“Too famous to live long.” – Henry VI
Heartbreaking these suicides. May they now, at last, rest in peace.
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