by Charles Norman | Dec 16, 2020 | Music, Song of the Day
The Blue Herons – Go On ‘But I’m not going,’ said Barnaby Jack. ‘I’m running away tonight for good. And this time I won’t get caught.’ Annabelle whispered, ‘I’m coming with you.’ Her yellow hair, now brown at...
by Charles Norman | Dec 14, 2020 | Family
Tyrone from Mississippi There are two types of men in this world: those who wear a shirt pretty much all the time, and those who hardly ever wear a shirt. Tyrone lived within the latter category. Tyrone was from Mississippi and he was the Genuine Article. He had a...
by Charles Norman | Dec 11, 2020 | Music, Song of the Day
Christopher James – It’s Neat to be Alive (Live Life à la Mode) 1954: Eisenhower is in the White House, the McCarthy hearings begin, an IBM computer translates sixty phrases from Russian into English, a de Havilland Comet succumbs to metal fatigue and...
by Charles Norman | Dec 9, 2020 | Music, Song of the Day
David Nance Group – Little Bit of Rain The squatting tenant men nodded and wondered and drew figures in the dust, and yes, they knew, God knows. If the dust only wouldn’t fly. If the top would only stay on the soil, it might not be so bad. — from...
by Charles Norman | Dec 8, 2020 | Music, Song of the Day
Mt. Meru – Rose Street On the very day of their departure Regine in all haste leaves her apartment in Nybrogade and ventures out into town in the hope of meeting her old love. And, as though the final gesture of a generous Providence toward these two persons...
