The rain fell for almost a week, washing autumn off the trees. The leaves stuck to the ground, covering porches, walkways and patios. These fell to the deck where they floated on a bed of water covering a glass tabletop,… Read More ›
Day: 2013-06-15
Abandoned Along the Tracks
Along the tracks of the Grafton-Upton line, you can see one of the huge abandoned factories that was part of the Blackstone Valley industrial corridor. No road goes to it, only train tracks pass it on their short, slow jog from… Read More ›
The Flowers
Robert Louis Stevenson The Flowers From Child’s Garden of Verses – – – All the names I know from nurse: Gardener’s garters, Shepherd’s purse Bachelor’s buttons, Lady’s smock And the Lady Hollyhock Tiny trees for tiny dames — These must be… Read More ›
Notes on a Cowardly Lion: The Biography of Bert Lahr — Review by Garry Armstrong
It’s been more than a week since I finished reading the Bert Lahr biography, “Notes on a Cowardly Lion“, written by his son, John. I am still emotionally involved. Why? Why does a book written more than 40 years ago about… Read More ›
