If You're Going My Way, I'll Walk With You

But, by God, these days you had better pretend to care -- and care with enthusiasm.  Or else.  And the "or else" is getting mor...

Why is it easier to feel sad than to feel happy?  Is the world really that much of a disappointment, full of so much pain, grief, disappoint...

September was when it began. Locusts dying in the fields; our dogs Silent, mov...

  If the government won't enforce civil peace ....

File under what was I thinking?

Take selfies and post them to Instagram!  Live stream to your fan boys!  Take requests! Watch the money roll in!  Well...maybe that wou...

How many have you read?  I've read 10 -- well, I haven't read all of the Oxford Book of English Verse, but that's not really ...

Good-bye August, good-bye summer, Shorter days are such a bummer.

Stephen kissed me in the spring,     Robin in the fall,     But Colin only looked at me     And never kissed at all.     St...

He couldn’t get enough of them: those dusty landscapes on the other side of the screen, men on horses seeking justice or revenge. All ...

"Our Banner in the Sky" by Frederic Edwin Church I t is a strange thing — to be an American. Neithe...

Our father owned a star, and by its light we lived in father’s house and slept at night. The tragedy of life, like death and war, ...

The late Gracie Allen was a very lucid comedienne, Especially in the way that lucid means shining and bright. What her husban...

So I skipped 7th grade.  Looking back, although the intent by those who recommended my doing so was good, that was a mistake.  I was too ...

I ran across this comment on a message board discussing East Asian cultural and history matters: "I just finished reading the book Und...

I've had this song stuck in my head for days.  Aren't we all prisoners in one way or another?  Recorded in 1924.

Such a lovely song.  Thank you Mr.Vinton  and your experience in the US Army that inspired you! US Army, Germany, 1960

One of my favorite songs from my favorite era.   I have to refrain from humming along a la Glenn Gould. Opened April 11...

This ad is from the late 1930s.  The text is quite evocative:  "The piano is intensely personal, sensitive, responsive...the instrume...

What is it about wearing his shirt that makes a guy go crazy?  Well, whatever makes you happy.  The guy mowing the lawn looks pretty happy, ...

Disagreeable people looking for an argument.  Who needs it?

  When I was an undergraduate, I posed as a figure model for art classes, so I can empathize with this comic strip.  Funny thing is, if a...

Overheard:  "You win some, you lose some, and taxes take the rest."

When the world is too much, when nothing makes sense, my solace is music.  I lose myself in it, forgetting everything else. There is nothi...

Don't you remember how it was?