Royal Reflections
Gene GlotzerPhoto by Annie Spratt on Unsplash Apparently, based on my Twitter feed, something happened yesterday that I didn't know or care about. The result is people venting their outrage on social media today.…
Time and Place
In the wake of George H.W. Bush's death there has been a lot of nice things said about him. That's to be expected. It's what people do when a person…
Charles Dickens – A Christmas Carol – Stave Four, The Last of the Spirits
Of all the staves, this is probably the easiest one to get right on film. The spirit is nothing more than a black, hooded robe with a "spectral" hand outstretched. …
Orrin Keepnews
Orrin Keepnews died today, just one day shy of his 92nd birthday. I knew his work, of course, but I went to his Discogs page just to look around and…
Losing a Parent
There are many books designed to give advice about how to deal with the loss of a parent. Unfortunately, the odds of a book helping are rather slim. Luckily, I…
Cinnamon
"Well, what have we here? We weren't expecting you for quite some time. What happened?" "'Scuse me?" "We thought we had another 20-25 years before you got here," the gate…