The Life in Words and Ideas

Thursday, April 8, 2021 The Life in Words and Ideas Life gets busier all the time, doesn’t it? I’m still playing catch-up from my February overload. I’m getting there, but of course, I keep adding new projects and ideas to the list. Words and thoughts occupy me constantly – probably…

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Homophones

Saturday, March 13, 2021 I’m late, I’m late … I know, I know. You’ve been waiting for this issue of N&N for weeks. Yep, I’m WAY overdue. But I have an excuse. (They are handy to cover one’s butt. Always keep a few in stock for emergencies. When in doubt,…

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Grace II

Monday, January 11, 2021 Grace In the second issue of this newsletter, I wrote a piece called “Grace,” about an old man, once a master pianist, struggling with a disconnect between his brain and his fingers on the keyboard, and the gentle encouragement of the audience at the coffeehouse willing…

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Legacy

Monday, December 7, 2020   Legacy Perhaps you will indulge me as I dedicate this issue to my mother, who died the week before Thanksgiving at the age of ninety-six. Some of you have already received this news, as I’ve notified close friends and relations. Any of you who were…

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Le Mot Juste

Saturday, November 21, 2020 Curmudgeons Curmudgeons are a curious species, generally defined as grumpy old men, and I think most of them are. But some are young and some are female. Some defy cataloguing. In particular, they do not suffer fools who dictate to the curmudgeons according to their agendas,…

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Natterings & Noodlings: Inventions

Thursday, October 1, 2020 Inventions We just can’t get away from them, now, can we? Alloys. As mentioned in previous newsletters, we create new things, new concepts, new relationships from the connections we make between inventions that came before us. From the “Creative Alloys” issue of my newsletter a month…

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