Kalilily Timemoments from the mountainhow are things in Glocca Morra- June 23, 2008 That's been my ear worm for the past several days. The song is from the 1940s stage musical "Finian's Rainbow." -- How Are Things in Glocca Morra When I hear that song, I am back in my little cocoon of a room where my asthma has me ensconced for days on end listening to the radio and playing with my endless supply of movie star paper dolls. The sun is shining through the sparkling window panes, opened just a bit to let in the fresh air. The room is filled with my breath and my music and...http://www.kalilily.net/weblog/08/06/23/112106.html the Russert Rainbow- June 19, 2008 I haven't seen anything appear through a search yet, but both Brian Williams and Keith Olbermann mentioned that, as the people gathered at the Kennedy Center to honor Tm Russert, a rainbow appeared over the NBC Washington Studios. That is such a lovely and uplifting piece of synchronicity. Not surprisingly, there are no rainbows over here in the mountains -- just lots of thunder and rain and some kind of blight happening on my little "oasis in the wildnerness" garden. And I can't take a...http://www.kalilily.net/weblog/08/06/18/202143.html communitainment- June 15, 2008 That's what Bill Moyers, in his speech to the National Conference of Media Reform, indicated that the media is becoming. Already, newspapers and magazines (and soon TV programming) are encouraged to sell key words to advertisers so-called in-text advertising in the online versions of stories. Can you imagine advertisers going for stories with key words such as health care reform, environmental degradation, Iraqi casualties, contracting fraud, or K Street lobbyists. I dont think so. So what.http://www.kalilily.net/weblog/08/06/15/004859.html I had the last word- June 14, 2008 Who doesn't like having the last word, and this time it was mine at the end of Ronni Bennett's great essay on elderboggers, Put It In Writing, published today in the Wall Street Journal. You can't get to the essay online, so Ronnie had to send it in an email to those of us she mentioned in case we don't subscribe to the newspaper, which I don't. Interestingly enough, the Journal began the printed version of Ronni's essay with a quote from my quote. So, here I am, the alpha and the omega. ...http://www.kalilily.net/weblog/08/06/14/132519.html reluctant reentry- June 14, 2008 I spent last weekend in a place as close to perfect as I've been in a long time. Good friends, good food, a good book, a lake, mountains, a spacious home with lots of decks, pitchers of Cosmos, and laughter-filled games of Boggle. I could have stayed there forever. Now I'm back in the situation I should never gotten into, and I'm finalizing plans for my escape, with support from both the Hospice nurse and social worker. I would like to take my mother (92 years old and demented) with me,...http://www.kalilily.net/weblog/08/06/13/214438.html Myrln Monday: chipper munky- June 10, 2008 For a while before his death in April 08, non-blogger Myrln (aka Bill Frankonis), posted here on Kalilily Time some kind of rant or other every Monday. Our daughter, who has salvaged his published, performed, and non-such writings, continues to send me some to post posthumously. CHIPPER MUNKY The chipmunk who was unhappy with his life Friend Crow great shiny suit Chipmunk admires neat racing stripe Crow notes of Chipmunk Little top hat, tux, cane Chipmunk becomes a socialite renowned...http://www.kalilily.net/weblog/08/06/09/222055.html carefully care-free- June 5, 2008 Four days free of caregiving! I am heading out tomorrow with my gaggle of friends to Lake Luzerne, which is not far from Lake George, which, as fate would have it, is the site of the annual motorcycle Americade at the same time. No doubt, the roads will be crawling with hogs of all kinds and their wannabe relatives Back in high school, I dated a guy with a motorcycle -- unbeknownst to my parents of course. It might be fun to ride on one again. I mean, isn't there some commercial where a..http://www.kalilily.net/weblog/08/06/05/003803.html Myrln Monday: ex memoriam- June 2, 2008 For a while before his death in April 08, non-blogger Myrln (aka Bill Frankonis), posted here on Kalilily Time some kind of rant or other every Monday. Our daughter, who has salvaged his published, performed, and non-such writings, continues to send me some to post posthumously. ex memoriam somehow it seems appropriate my art lives in transcience (theatre) while friends, students, lovers reach for permanence in written words (poetry). (theatre) leaves behind no marks: Is there a moment and.http://www.kalilily.net/weblog/08/06/02/063046.html a book thing- June 1, 2008 I read books, listen to books, pile up books, buy books, lose books, lend books, give books, and love to get books. But I don't make books. (i don't "make book" either, which is the slang term by grandmother used back in the forties, when she would send me down the street to the bar where I would bet her weekly "10 cents, combination" on the numbers.) Last month, a dear friend of mine sent me, as a condolence gift, a book that she had literally made. It's not just a book; its a sculpture..http://www.kalilily.net/weblog/08/06/01/131903.html |