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Nimm sie hin, denn, diese Lieder . . .

Tuesday, August 17, 2010

Just a quick post so that my few readers will know I’m not dead. I keep getting comments on this post. The Paul Robeson video has attracted four pages of fan … Continue reading »

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the snake’s the thing . . .

Friday, July 2, 2010

This is another “Let’s talk about snakes” post in honor of one of my graduate school professors who had a favorite schtick that began with that expression. I’ve written only … Continue reading »

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and look away . . .

Saturday, May 22, 2010

I’ve just recently learned that my old friend, Jack Le Sueur, retired from the North Carolina Arts Council last December after thirty-five years’ service. Thinking about Jack brings back a … Continue reading »

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blowin’ in the wind

Wednesday, September 16, 2009

The death of Jody Powell at the young age of 65—here’s a Times memorial piece I like—ensures that he will remain a whiz kid, at least in my memory. And … Continue reading »

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“alive as you and me”

Wednesday, July 22, 2009

Thinking about Joan Baez, especially about her impassioned rendition of the old labor ballad of Joe Hill (and perhaps thinking of professor Gates as well) set me to thinking about … Continue reading »

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presences among us

Monday, July 20, 2009

To see the earth as it truly is, small and blue and beautiful in that eternal silence where it floats, is to see ourselves as riders on the earth together, … Continue reading »

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