Posted in thoughts, writing on April 29, 2008 | No Comments »
Did I share this picture earlier? Dan N’s recent comments prompted this post. I was a course volunteer who stood at my assigned post at Spring at Scarritt and waved to the participants in Springfield Road Runners Half Marathon. It was a perfect day and everyone I encountered was top flight calibre.
There are 51 “barbers” [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on April 28, 2008 | No Comments »
but fust a little ketch up . . .
Had an “interesting” Sunday. Wrote the review for the Springfield Classical Guitar Society web site, grabbed some groceries and brought my space heater back to the office from summer storage in the basement. Enjoyed the PBS Nature program and the recruiting video PBS ran about life [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on April 27, 2008 | No Comments »
I have an arrangement with a friend across the street. Because I believe that buying a power mower for a task engaged as rarely — at max 20 times a year –, and because he has a safe place to store a power mower, and because I wanted to be a friendly cuss, I arranged [...]
Posted in arts, writing on April 26, 2008 | 2 Comments »
When I was 15 or 16, I sat down at the dining room table with pencil in hand, and instead of drawing an airplane, I looked at a snapshot of my smiling nephew Bobby Shymansky probably 6 at the time, and drew his portrait. It was a matter-of-fact thing. No walking into the living room [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on April 25, 2008 | No Comments »
How sweet it WAS. TASTY!
If I experience another evening of poetry half as enjoyable as Wednesday night (April 23) at the library of MacMurray College, I will consider all I’ve written, all I’ve learned, all I’ve practiced worth every minute! A lot of the satisfaction came from friends going in: faculty member Robert Seufert who [...]
Posted in arts, writing on April 24, 2008 | 3 Comments »
From little acorns forests grow. Proof positive? When the Springfield’s National Museum of Funeral Customs had its sixth annual reading earlier this year, MacMurray College English prof Robert Seufert (a regular for years) encouraged his students Brett and Rachel (they’re an item) to attend. Afterwards, responding to B&R’s kind words for my efforts and poetry, and [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on April 22, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I did the following as an individual poet; not as an employee of anyone. So if you don’t approve of what I’m about to describe, don’t complain to Springfield School District 186 Superintendentr Dr. Milton. If you do approve, please let him know.
Last week, for the first time in eight years I’ve been substitute teaching, [...]
Posted in arts, writing on April 21, 2008 | No Comments »
I wanted to post at Honey & Quinine Saturday after spending nine hours burning aviation history book pictures onto two CDs I’d be sending to my editor Monday, but I didn’t.
I wanted to post here Sunday after writing the final four chapters and a long introduction — where I let it ALL hang out so [...]
Posted in arts, writing on April 17, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Gold star for YOU if you know what lyric and song — and composer of lyric and song — that headline apes.
Wednesday I finished writing the last of 209 photo captions for the Arcadia book and sent them in my my favorite Chicago-based editor. It took a whaleofalot longer than I anticipated. The final caption [...]
Posted in writing on April 13, 2008 | No Comments »
Saturday was as productive as hoped, and my reward was the final concert of Springfield Classical Guitar Society which featured the first vocal/guitar duet in their ten year history. Chanson du Soir, David Isaacs, guitar and Chelsea Camille, soprano gave the most vivacious SCGS concert I’ve attended. A competent vocalist with stage smarts, Camille toucheds folks [...]
