Where William Faulkner meets Grey Owl it’s Black and White and Red All Over
As a man thinketh in his heart, so is he. — The Book of Proverbs Earl Fowler This strains the limits of human credulity, I know, but...
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Earl Fowler
Sep 6, 202217 min read
Hanging with Tarzan: Hook, Vine and Sinker
Edgar Rice Burroughs never would have looked upon himself as a social mover and shaker with social obligations. But as it turns out — and...
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Earl Fowler
Sep 2, 20221 min read
Five reasons the FBI put the names of the Monkees in their Book of Who’s Who
Earl Fowler 5) Micky’s shameless mugging and Peter’s zany antics appear to have been inspired by Krushchev’s mad shoe-banging incident at...
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Earl Fowler
Aug 31, 20225 min read
Sexual Paranoia Strikes Deep in the Heartland
But I’ve always kinda been partial to calling myself up on the phone and asking myself out, you know? Oh yeah, you call yourself up too,...
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Earl Fowler
Aug 28, 20228 min read
Doom with a View
Earl Fowler Who hasn’t wanted to live in the movies? Or die there, for that matter? It’s a domain where — despite mortifying setbacks and...
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David Sherman
Aug 23, 20224 min read
The myth of America
David Sherman The highlight of many a childhood summer began shoehorned into the backseat of my father’s Chevy with my brother and a...
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Earl Fowler
Aug 13, 202228 min read
I Got a Room at the Top of the World Tonight: The Art of Madness
A sharpened edge of a razor, hard to traverse, A difficult path is this — poets declare! — Katha Upanishad We of the craft are all crazy....
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David Sherman
Aug 9, 20225 min read
A simple twist of mate
David Sherman It’s Judith’s fault. A British magazine flew me to Cannes to join their staff to cover the film festival. And, each night...
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David Sherman
Aug 5, 20224 min read
I've turned 70 – don't screw with me
David Sherman I’ve turned 70 and I want some goddamn respect. I’m getting old. I want my feet anointed with oil. I want to be venerated....
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Earl Fowler
Aug 2, 202237 min read
Over the Volcano and Under the Waves
Then will I headlong run into the earth: Earth, gape! O, no, it will not harbour me! — Christopher Marlowe, The Tragical History of Dr....
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Earl Fowler
Jul 25, 20223 min read
Thinking Outside the Gourd
Earl Fowler We’re on the cusp of August. And if you live in a rural area still served (via some miracle) by a weekly newspaper, you know...
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Earl Fowler
Jul 23, 202219 min read
Bertrand Russell at 150: Still Taking Care of Busyness
Leisure is not the same as the absence of activity … or even as an inner quiet. It is rather like the stillness in the conversation of...
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Earl Fowler
Jul 16, 202219 min read
Grokkin’ in the Free World: This is the Yawning of the Age of Aquarius
One of the things [Uncle Alex] found objectionable about human beings was that they so rarely noticed it when they were happy. He himself...
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Earl Fowler
Jul 7, 202230 min read
Tomb it may concern
But if you know what life is worth you would look for yours on Earth. — Bob Marley, Get Up Stand Up Earl Fowler What happens when we die?...
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Earl Fowler
Jun 30, 202222 min read
Mark David Chapman: Mind Games Forever
Free the prisoners, jail the judges Free all prisoners everywhere All they want is truth and justice All they need is love and care...
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Earl Fowler
Jun 23, 202227 min read
Deconstructing Woody: Love and Death Threats
I could see life as tragic or comic depending on my blood sugar level but always saw it as meaningless. I felt I was a tragedian locked...
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Earl Fowler
Jun 15, 20224 min read
Welcome Back, Dick van Morgenstern
Earl Fowler I know we all learned the Pythagorean theorem at some point and that F = ma was supposed to be as meaningful as a high pot in...
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Earl Fowler
Jun 13, 20227 min read
Pour some sugar on me
A MODEST PROPOSAL FOR PREVENTING THE PARENTS OF POOR PEOPLE IN CANADA FROM BEING A BURDEN TO THEIR CHILDREN OR COUNTRY, AND FOR MAKING...
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Earl Fowler
Jun 10, 20223 min read
Errors of Biblical Proportions
Earl Fowler Avid readers often lament the rapid decline in the quality of book, magazine and newspaper editing over the last couple of...
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Earl Fowler
Jun 4, 202224 min read
Joni Mitchell: Every Picture has its Shadows
We are the first generation to see clouds from both sides. What a privilege! First people dreamed upward. Now they dream both upward and...
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