Monthly Archives: April 2020

Wendell Berry: The Poet of Place

Wendell Berry in Garden & Gun When I was young, I picked up some expert’s advice that a writer needed to write facing a bare wall so as not to be distracted. And so I tried writing in a library … Continue reading

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The world’s a mess, and X is back

Excerpt from Randall Roberts of the Los Angeles Times (April 22, 2020): In early March, the four original members of X sat in the mixing room of an Eagle Rock recording studio recounting the how and why of “Alphabetland,” their … Continue reading

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Happy Birthday Bettie Page!

Ah, those jet-black Bettie Page bangs. Sixty years after they were immortalized on a pin-up icon, you still see them on the pale hipster lovelies with the cat-eyed glasses. That is just one of the lasting manifestations of Bettie Page’s … Continue reading

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I miss singing in church

By Tish Harrison Warren Excerpt from New York Times: For Christians, the most holy thing on earth — more than communion, the Sistine Chapel, the Holy Grail or the Rocky Mountains — is the human body. This is, in part, … Continue reading

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The Cross

I was in elementary school when I first grasped that the death of Jesus was a big deal. On Good Friday, my mom and dad signed me out of class in time for the noon church service. It was somber … Continue reading

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