Thursday, April 18, 2019

Six Minutes with Singer/Songwriter Mary Lee Kortes, Author of Dreaming of Dylan

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Mary Lee Kortes with full band. Photo: Jim Marchese This past month a friend asked if I'd seen Mary Lee Kortes' Dreaming of D...
Wednesday, April 17, 2019

Four Marketing Lessons from the Battle of Vicksburg

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Gettysburg has been cited so frequently as the decisive turning point of the war that it seems to be common knowledge. The tagline for th...
Tuesday, April 16, 2019

A 3-Day Ride with Ryder: Ishiguro’s The Unconsoled Is an Achievement of the First Order

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“What a long, strange trip it’s been.” What happens when a world-famous pianist who comes to town to perform an important concert is forc...
Monday, April 15, 2019

Understanding Failed States

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Photo by  Seth Doyle  on  Unsplash This past week I stumbled on a Medium article titled Why Some States Fail by a writer named D. Andr...
Sunday, April 14, 2019

Rainer Maria Rilke: Exquisite Beauty from the Pen of a Mere Mortal

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Nearly everyone who reads and appreciates poetry is familiar with Rainer Maria Rilke (1875-1926). Some of the most beautiful lines in the...
Saturday, April 13, 2019

For My Artist Friends: Rich and Rewarding Insights Directly from the Mouth of Picasso

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Public domain. "When I was a child my mother said to me, 'If you are a soldier, you will become a general. If you are a monk, ...
Friday, April 12, 2019

Miscellaneous Notes and Quotes--Writing Prompts?

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Lake Superior Sunrise. Photo courtesy John Heino I've been on another cleaning jag in my home office. In the process I found env...