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Book: The Last Kind Words Saloon, by Larry McMurtry Style: Western-Mythish Plot: Wyatt Earp, Doc Holliday and other historical western characters like Buffalo Bill Cody and Charles Goodnight interact with fictional characters in a mythic West. Lines from the Opening Paragraphs: A hat came skipping down the main street of Long Grass, propelled only by the wind, which… Read more
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“You are a traveller in little things–in something very small–which takes you into the villages and hamlets, where you meet and converse with small farmers, innkeepers, labourers and their wives, with other persons who live on the land. In this way you get to hear a good deal about rent and cost of living, and… Read more
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Ever since I first heard Acoustic Blues I was hooked. It is more intimate, lyrical, and hits me on a deeper level than Electric Blues ever has.. Here is one of the legends, Lightnin’ Hopkins. Enjoy! Read more
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After rereading Doyle’s “The Lost World,” I decided to reread another Lost World tale, this one The Land that Time Forgot, by Edgar Rice Burroughs. Unlike many boys my age, I never read any Edgar Rice Burroughs (or Hardy Boys for that matter) when I was young. Tarzan was familiar, of course, from television, the… Read more
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In challenging times, hope is essential and yet difficult to always find. Here are some quotes about St. Francis and the nature of hope and religion from The Road to Assisi, by Paul Sabatier. On the Reformation:“The Reformation only substituted the authority of the book for that of the priest; it is a change of… Read more
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“The best way to enhance freedom in other lands is to demonstrate here that our democratic system is worthy of emulation.” ~ Jimmy Carter Read more
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Throwback Thursdays” at ClimbingSky feature posts I wrote over a 15 year period for various blogs. This was first posted on November 4, 2011. I have been thinking lately of poems about stars or poems where lines about stars figure prominently. There are many. For the month of November, MontanaWriter will be featuring a few old and new favorite-poems… Read more
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This fall I was apparently in the mood to reread old favorites. That meant, as I have reviewed them here, books like Dracula, Journey to the Center of the Earth, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, and of course, Sherlock Holmes. For today I am reviewing another old favorite that is a different kind of creation from the imagination… Read more
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I have been thinking about essential poets. Poets that I feel must be read. Or better yet, that I must re-read. So I made for myself a quick list of essential poets (in no particular order): Reviewing the list now, I see a number of holes (Victorians, contemporary), but overall I think I am satisfied with it.… Read more
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Jazz is a moment of transcendent time. It happens once, and because of that, it is all the sweeter. Here is one of my favorite videos of a truly transcendent moment. Perfect for a Monday. Watch Billie Holiday’s face when Lester Young begins to play. Ivey Divey! Enjoy! Read more
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