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Going Bananas Over Nuts and Apples

How about them apples? I don’t mean the ones for Halloween, just around the corner. Nor do I mean anything about new i-phones and such. I’m talking about gravity here, and eventually about floating apples. I had my own Newton moment almost ten years ago, sitting near a tree and watching the squirrels at play, and […]

The Shame of It All, More or Less?

This weekend Dawn at Last is free on Amazon in its Kindle Edition. Because of this, chances are that my blog will be getting relatively more traffic, and with many first time visitors. Because of that, I feel obligated to be extra witty, more charming, poignant, wise and so on. Then again, I also feel obligated to […]

Pickled Eggs and Other Food for Thought

It’s been a long time since I’ve posted anything ethically related, and no, this isn’t going to be about Ferguson or Iraq or the Ukraine or Gaza, or Venezuela or Nigeria or Syria or Afghanistan or whether Germany will export another $60 billion of military “stuff” this year. It’s not even about drones peeping into […]

An Original Short Story

Do you mind if I tell you a little story? “Lawrence, you need to make a decision,” she said, partly in exasperation, part in concern. “What do mean Jeanette?” “You need to decide whether your art is decorative or fine art.” “I’m still not sure what you mean. Please explain.” She sighed, “I mean do […]

To Dreaming and Knowing

Perhaps this is my last post on the topic, we shall see. That topic is the imaginary universe, the place where ideas live and roam, and then where selfless love lives as well. First though, you should know that I’ve been following the current madness around the world lately as much as anyone. It’s debilitating, […]

The Goal of Socrates

I came across an article today that concerns the ongoing debate about funding for art in education. It’s from The Atlantic and you can read it here . . . Art is Vital. As usual, I agree with some of the points, but not all. I think most people do understand that there is something […]

New Book Cover for Dawn at Last

Is it art? Nah, just a fresh book cover, and it’s just a coincidence that it’s being published on Canada Day. It wasn’t planned that way, but as it turned out, so much happened on a Canada Day long weekend, in Dawn at Last. So much, and yet so little . . . you be […]

The Hole Picture

Pigeonholing is essentially  term that describes an attempt to classify in a mutually exclusive way. Put another way, it is like trying to make something discreet as opposed to a continuum. In that way it becomes somewhat limiting. This can be frustrating for creative types. For example, in the case of my writing, I never […]

Sharing Dreams

Putting some music to my art has been a dream of sorts for awhile now. I’ve been thinking  of asking one of my daughters to help me with this, as she recently finished a media course in university and loves it. She’s got some skills that I don’t have and it would be a wonderful […]

Loving and Laughing – the Real Midas Touch?

Yesterday I had the honor of receiving another very kind review of “Dawn at Last”, one written by Fran Gold. Overall, I’ve really happy with the reviews of the book . . . actually overwhelmed by it all, and especially by this one. Here is a quote from Fran’s review: Mr. Grodecki has accomplished much […]