Barry Graham's Blog, page 26

Leonard Cohen joins the majority

Sad to hear of the passing of the great master Jikan Leonard Cohen at the age of 82, right after putting out another brilliant and powerful album. Here’s something I wrote about him a few years ago.

“Love’s the only engine of survival.”

newyorker:Should we limit the political power that the...

newyorker:

Should we limit the political power that the ignorant have in a democracy? A new book argues yes.

I say yes too. Before being issued with a driver’s license, we’re required to prove we know how to drive. The same should apply to voting, which gives us the power to harm many more people than we could by driving incompetently.

Steve Novick Concedes, Chloe Eudaly Unseats Incumbent And Wins Seat On Portland City Council

Steve Novick Concedes, Chloe Eudaly Unseats Incumbent And Wins Seat On Portland City Council:

Locally, there’s some good news. The vote for Eudaly is a vote for people rather than money. She had$85,000 compared to his$422,000, but the election was honestly won rather than bought. Congratulations to Eudaly; I think she’ll be a boon for Portland. Here’s the endorsement I wrote when she first announced her candidacy:

It’s never felt so bad to be right

I predicted that Trump would win, and when friends told me I was wrong, I hoped I was.

Three weeks after a woman was killed in a hit and run crash near...

Three weeks after a woman was killed in a hit and run crash near where I live in #Portland, this memorial is being maintained at the site of her death.

Haiku

scent of beer and fast food —

sleeping men,

late night city bus

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The Fishmonger’s Violin

Bart Lessard asked me for suggestions for“a fake title for an utterly middle-of-the road literary novel.”

My suggestions includedThe Land of Perhaps, Forecast of Storms, The Echoes of Loss, and Marianne’s Bicycle. But we agreed that by far my best was The Fishmonger’s Violin. Indeed, I think I should be awarded an honorary MFA for this. Hell, just give me the Nobel Prize for Literature in case I ever write it, in the same spirit as they gave Obama the Nobel Prize for Peace based on what he mig...

danskjavlarna:“There in the dark on the bank, I began...

danskjavlarna:

“There in the dark on the bank, I began shaking.” From Pearson’s, 1910.

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