David Cranmer's Blog, page 55
September 2, 2015
Mom
Our mom passed away this morning surrounded by a loving family. Tears flow for what we are missing but I'm thankful that she is now at peace. Years before, in the first stages of Alzheimer's, she would still spend evenings writing down old songs from her youth. Here's a favorite of hers, "I'll Be Seeing You."
My Mom
Our mom passed away this morning surrounded by a loving family. Tears flow for what we are missing but I'm thankful that she is now at peace. Years before, in the first stages of Alzheimer's, she would still spend evenings writing down old songs from her youth. Here's a favorite of hers, "I'll Be Seeing You."
August 12, 2015
Infiltrations
Julio Cortázar Blow-Up and Other Stories is the most fun I've had reading, so far, in 2015. Hopefully that joy comes across in my most recent article, Infiltrations of the Surreal: Argetina’s Julio Cortázar, for Macmillan's Criminal Element.
August 9, 2015
August 7, 2015
August 6, 2015
E Equals...
I'm at The Life Sentence with Dial E for Espionage. A discussion of Hitchcock's spy films.
August 5, 2015
August 2, 2015
Remember Mr. Mint, Lord Licorice, Plumpy, and Gramma Nutt?
Our present choice for family game night is Candy Land. Remember that one? Our 1999 version features King Kandy, Mr. Mint, Lord Licorice, Plumpy, Gramma Nutt, etc. One great thing (among many) about parenthood at middle age is the chance to relive childhood again. Little d and I have as much fun in this simple race-to-the-finish board game as four-year-old daughter. And, yes, it’s still frustrating to be almost to the end only to get stuck in Molasses Swamp or sent back to Plumpy when the rest of the gingerbread men are hot on your heels … always my luck!July 27, 2015
Miles To Lost Dog Creek Cover
Release date: August 2015A Brazilian Kick
THE DOUBLE DEATH OF QUINCAS WATER-BRAY by Jorge Amado
A pithy (seventy-one pages) comedic story recounting the tale of Joaquim Soares da Cunha who abandons his respectable life to become Quincas Water-Bray, a “champion drunk” and leader of various bums, prostitutes, and other dubious people his prissy family view as lowlife. When he dies (with a content smile on his face) his family outfits him in respectable garb and prepares for his funeral. However, his drunken friends decide to swipe the body—after putting the deceased's more comfortable clothes back on—and gives him one last jaunt about town. A laugh out loud read especially toward the end when Quincas somehow gets into a bar fight and the best passages finds his loopy friends viewing him as very much alive conversing, drinking, and laughing with them.
Note: The original 1959 Brazilian title is THE TWO DEATHS OF QUINCAS WATERYELL.
A pithy (seventy-one pages) comedic story recounting the tale of Joaquim Soares da Cunha who abandons his respectable life to become Quincas Water-Bray, a “champion drunk” and leader of various bums, prostitutes, and other dubious people his prissy family view as lowlife. When he dies (with a content smile on his face) his family outfits him in respectable garb and prepares for his funeral. However, his drunken friends decide to swipe the body—after putting the deceased's more comfortable clothes back on—and gives him one last jaunt about town. A laugh out loud read especially toward the end when Quincas somehow gets into a bar fight and the best passages finds his loopy friends viewing him as very much alive conversing, drinking, and laughing with them.
Note: The original 1959 Brazilian title is THE TWO DEATHS OF QUINCAS WATERYELL.
