November 1, 2013
Tags: All Saint's Day, All Soul's Day, Days of the Dead, Franz Schubert, Halloween, Litanei, putka pods, Shakespeare, When to the sessions of sweet silent thought
I wanted to go for a walk to see the jack 0′ lanterns and to join the ghouls in the neighborhood last night but I was tired when I finished teaching. So I dumped the last of the Halloween candy on the last few children who rang my door bell, had a Scotch, and went Read the Rest…
November 2, 2012
Tags: Allerseelen, darling buds of May, eternal summer, Franz Schubert, Litanei, Richard Strauss, summer's lease, The MIddle
Every year on November 2, I create an altar of pictures and memorabilia of family and friends who have died, many of whom I wrote about in my book, 99 Girdles on the Wall:My parents, my Aunt Frances, Meghan, Dennis, Hazel, John. I sit at the piano and sing two songs during this week of Read the Rest…
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