by Charles Norman | May 28, 2019 | Song of the Day
Excerpts from Typhoon, by Joseph ConradSoundtrack by Christopher James The steering-gear leaked steam, and in the confined space the glass of the binnacle made a shiny oval of light in a thin white fog. The wind howled, hummed, whistled, with sudden booming gusts that...
by Charles Norman | May 26, 2019 | Song of the Day
In a certain sense the phrase ‘I am still alive’ can never be sent as it cannot be received by the addressee instantaneously. It is only valid at the very instant that it is being written, and in the very next second it is no longer a certainty… It...
by Charles Norman | May 24, 2019 | Off the Wall
An Original Limerick in Four Stanzasby Reverb Raccoon There once was a deer from AustraliaWho developed a taste for azaleasBut he couldn’t find noneFrom Perth to MelbourneSo he caught the next plane for Georgia Upon seeing the azaleas in bloomThe deer immediately...
by Charles Norman | May 23, 2019 | Song of the Day
Human relations are like the irregular verbs in a number of languages where nearly all verbs are irregular. — Søren Kierkegaard Kierkegaard proposed to Regine Olsen as she played the piano. ‘Oh! What do I care for music?’ he shouted over the strains...
by Charles Norman | May 22, 2019 | Song of the Day
Aristotle defined a mixture as a substance whose ingredients alter each other until the individual elements cease to exist. Yet he also believed that it’s possible to separate the components from the solution. Natural philosophers have struggled for the past...
