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Tim Russell's selection from BRISK VERSE
Dear Brisk Verse Buyers,Garrison Keillor’s latest book, Brisk Verse, is (as he says) “good for reading aloud to friends and associates, neighbors, co…
1 year, 11 months ago
Launching Garrison's newest book, BRISK VERSE. Send your video too.
Dear Brisk Verse Buyers,Garrison Keillor’s latest book, Brisk Verse, is (as he says) “good for reading aloud to friends and associates, neighbors, co…
1 year, 11 months ago
Missing Sandra O'Connor, the pragmatic voice
It’s wonderful hearing her at age 78 talking cheerfully about her life. As a young woman, she was hired by the Arizona attorney general, who assigned…
1 year, 11 months ago
A small life has its own distinct moments
In my parents’ home, waffles took time so they were saved for Saturday morning; you had to locate our waffle iron, a big clunky appliance kept on a h…
1 year, 11 months ago
O what a beautiful evening
I get pleasure from words, which is surely due to coming from taciturn people, so when I happen upon a seed catalogue and look through the beans (Sca…
1 year, 11 months ago
The art of writing, lesson one
Silence is a basic necessity. I’m an early riser and as I make coffee and take my meds, my dreams evaporate and my waking mind is open to inspiration…
2 years ago
I open the fridge and life beckons
From the marmalade to the long table with green lampshades, I’ve chosen one pleasure after another, and when noon approaches, I have a lunch wagon in…
2 years ago
Last Wednesday, stuck in a traffic jam
New Yorkers have this ability, to express despair and municipal pride in the same sentence. I over-tipped him and hiked 12 blocks to my doctor who to…
2 years ago
The winter blues has got me bad, mama
We need to commemorate heroic acts of invention and creativity that have improved our lives vastly over those of our ancestors. I see that Microsoft …
2 years ago
Me and Maurizio, ships in the night
He asked about North Dakota, so I told him. Yes, the winters are long and the land is flat, but the people are the salt of the earth. Decency and hum…
2 years, 1 month ago