Neil Peart was in touch with some reality beyond the gilded cage.
Category: books
Nov 24
How I Lived To Be 46
Apr 17
This Inhuman Place: So Long, Brad Moore
We’re up in the balcony of the Lowell High School Auditorium, Brad Moore and I, and we’re leaning over the side as we watch the LHS band (my sister is on clarinet) accompany the Spring production of “Oklahoma!” It’s May of 1980 and Brad is telling me about the Dead Boy. The Dead Boy is …
Dec 16
Jingle Balrog
We’re not really a Bible-believing family, so when my daughter asked me what Christmas was like in the deep places of the world, I had to consult “The Lord of the Rings.”
Jun 23
Winnie the Pooh Is A Horrible Role Model
“One of the advantages of being disorganized is that one is always having surprising discoveries.” ? A.A. Milne, “Winnie the Pooh” Something happens when adults tell stories to children other than their own. We’re aware of a restless, judgmental audience who at the same time we don’t need to feed and dress. That is why …
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