by Charles Norman | Jan 20, 2019 | Song of the Day
When we got home, I took the green glass epergne that belonged to Aunt Mildred off the sideboard and smashed it with a hammer. Then I dumped Grandmother’s sewing box into the ash can, burned a big hole in her lace tablecloth, and buried her pewter in the garden. Out...
by Charles Norman | Jan 18, 2019 | Song of the Day
There was a time when singers did not need auto-tune, backing tracks, costume changes, or a crew of dancers. They just got up on stage and belted it out. Janis Joplin was and is one of the greatest singers to stalk a stage, delivering her blues with a comforting hand...
by Charles Norman | Jan 7, 2019 | Song of the Day
But we decide which is rightAnd which is an illusion- from “Late Lament” by Graeme Edge Friends existed entirely within the imagination of Monica Geller. An overweight child, bullied and isolated, Monica sought refuge in her cramped room in the back of an...
by Charles Norman | Jan 7, 2019 | Features
We mark the progression of our lives by the holidays. The day you enter this world becomes an instant holiday – your birthday – which your friends and family are obligated to celebrate even if they don’t really like you. If you positively impact the...
by Charles Norman | Dec 21, 2018 | Song of the Day
Crank up the Wayback Machine, Mister Peabody… I attended an elementary school that was flanked on the east by military surplus tarpaper-sided shacks that had been hauled in decades before to house the flood of students lured into a godforsaken state college by...
