“Who among us has not dreamt, in moments of ambition, of the miracle of a poetic prose, musical without rhythm and rhyme, supple and staccato enough to adapt to the lyrical stirrings of the soul, the undulations of dreams, and sudden leaps of consciousness.” — excerpt from the Dedication of Le Spleen de Paris Charles Baudelaire was …Read More
Month: April 2022
The Family Doctor ~ Edgar A. Guest
“I take simple everyday things that happen to me and I figure it happens to a lot of other people and I make simple rhymes out of them.” ~ Edgar A. Guest (1881 – 1959) A high school dropout, Edgar joined the Free Press newspaper in Detroit in 1895 and stayed for 60 years. After …Read More
Living a Life of Meaning ~ Norman Lear
Norman Lear brought the marginalized voices of America to television starting in the 1970s as a TV producer. His culture-altering sitcom stories included All in the Family, The Jeffersons, Good Times, … just to name a few. There was time when 120 million people watched his television content every week! Eric Hirshberg sits down with …Read More
One Problem
“The pain of a friend is itself a mountain waiting to be climbed…” ~ Jim Gustafson As I contemplate the words of my friend and poet, Jim Gustafson, I am drawn to the language of poetry to help me uncover how I survived the past week of challenges. One Problem ~ by Dr. Joel Ying, …Read More
Te Ata: Native American Storyteller
The role of the Storyteller goes beyond entertainment. The Storyteller holds the cultural wisdom of the people and keeps it alive for the next generation. Everyone can tell a story, but few are called to the role of Storyteller. Born in 1895 in Indian Territory, Mary Thompson Fisher grew up when Chickasaw children were not …Read More