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Moby-Dick Marathon 2024
The New Bedford Whaling Museum presents their annual reading of Moby-Dick, or The White Whale.
Order is a Virtue, Wrote Mr. Franklin
It’s the new year, although we’re already into February, and like many others, I often start with good intentions, resolutions so to speak. We have in our hearts the desire to change for the better, to “drown our muskrats” as Henry David Thoreau says in the final chapter of Walden, though the task is certainly…
Jason Isbell and Writing a Song for John Prine
I was devastated when John Prine died in April 2020. I’ve written about this experience in a previous post, and three years later, I still remember spending that evening with my daughter as we played some of his songs, looking for one to post on Facebook as a tribute. We finally decided on “Spanish Pipedream,”…
#WhyIWrite
It begins in high school. It begins with music. It begins with songs by Metallica, Slayer, and Black Sabbath. And it begins with a band, original music, writing lyrics. And yes, it begins in high school, but really it begins earlier. This Friday, October 20, is the NCTE’s National Day on Writing, which celebrates the…
The White Whale 