While I believe it true that sientient beings born without a moral conscience cannot imagine one, I believe also that those born with the capacity to imagine a moral conscience may chose to walk away from it.
Until the 29th, I had gone all of 2008 without bouncing a check. Every week without getting a note [...]
Archive for January, 2008
Death By Whitman
Posted in writing on January 31, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The Allen Street FIre Saturday Night
Posted in writing on January 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Fifteen minutes into America’ss Most Wanted, my friend George called.
“How’s your camera doing?
“Just fine. Why?”
There’s a house fire in progress across the alley over here, and I thought you’d like to know about it.”
“Absolutely! Thanksforcallingseeyousoon!”
By the time I arrived after taking five minutes for a two minute sprint because of some stupid fence [...]
Thompson & Kucinich: a Contrast in Placement
Posted in writing on January 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
When devouring the State Journal-Register with my eyes I sometimes set aside a page or two because I know good blog when I see it.
A mighty fortress is our blog.
I did this last Friday and Sat.. On the back page of Friday’s “morning edition” was a fair splash of ink about Fred Thompson’s withdrawal [...]
Substitute Teacher and More Trek; Stardate Hanyouwary 25, 2008
Posted in writing on January 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
“Is it REAL?”
The student in the back row on the left against the wall had arrived in class on time, sat down at his desk and promptly pulled his coat over his head resting on the desk top. When the bell rang . . . . . . actually, that’s not quite correct. The bell [...]
A New Literary Bio on Line
Posted in writing on January 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Since encountering and voraciously reading Dennis Camp’s Keep and Share web site about Vachel Lindsay, I’ve come to know, almost intimately, a man I have hardly known at all. His name is Vachel Lindsay.
In recent months, beforel I received an email from Keep and Share, stating Dennis had invited me to sign up for his [...]
A Well-Spent Saturday Afternoon at Sangamon Valley Collection
Posted in writing on January 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
January 19 I spent four hours researching three projects at Lincoln Library’s Sangamon Valley Collection on the third floor of the main branch. It was out of the wind, warm, and productive time.
As chair of Vinegar Hill Neighborhood Association’s Member Recruitment Committee, my raison de’re there was to work with another MRC member, [...]
God Bless Samaritans — Book’s Progress Part Two
Posted in writing on January 18, 2008 | 1 Comment »
With apologies to Oyving Boilin.
I’ve been busy with life, campers, increasingly consumed with the Springfield Aviation HIstory book but more than that. The legitimacy of simply being asked to produce what, in the anus of history, will be a modest compendium, has linspired me to spend less time ikissing the living room easy chair with [...]
A Nopen Leta to Britt SHillary
Posted in writing on January 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Dear Shillary –
I saw you in Chris Britt’s cartoon on page 4 of January 15th’s State Journal-Register, and I’m writing to say I don’t understand you.
You were standing by a statue representing Martin Louther King’s “I have a dream” speech. You’re saying you have a dream too, “and I’ll do anything to make it [...]
News and Journalism: the Difference is Here
Posted in writing on January 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
With one exception, every editor/publisher I’ve encountered in print media has returned my emails promptly, and even the one who hasn’t has paid me fairly for my work. When the “Simpsonites” rail against the obvious failings of the print media, I have been first off my keister and rising to their defense. That said, I’m [...]
Substitute Teachers – What do you think?
Posted in writing on January 12, 2008 | 1 Comment »
The Saturday, January 12 State Journal-Register had a front-page article about a 69 year-o;d substitute teacher who went ballistic and went “over the top” with an elementary school student. She said “If I had my way, you’d be in St. John’s Hospital!” For details, visit the SJ-R web site. The fact this kind of [...]
