On Liberal Arts Education

“If a nation expects to be ignorant and free in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be.”
- Thomas Jefferson

Make sure you’re in a serious mood before you click “PLAY.”



G.

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Marguerite Nanton

In loving memory of a truly one-of-a-kind lady — shown here in 2007, spellbinding my then four-year-old daughter, S. Regretfully, this is the only photo I have of Marguerite.



G.

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Thought of the Day

“I think over again my small adventures,
My fears, those small ones that seemed so big,
For all the vital things I had to get and reach.

And yet there is only one great thing,
The only thing:

To live to see the great day that dawns,
And the light that fills the world."

- Anonymous Inuit (Native American) saying


(And yes, I got this from TrueBlood.)

G.

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Blackbird

Back in June, President Obama presented Paul McCartney with The Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song. The night featured loads of incredible musicians doing their renditions of McCartney songs.

This may have been my favorite: Herbie Hancock and Corinne Bailey Rae taking on “Blackbird”:


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-G

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The Magus

For no particular reason, some great morning reading: an excerpt from the opening chapter of John Fowles' The Magus (one of my all-time favorites):





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XPoNential Music Fest 2010

Postmortem:



Great time yesterday at the XPoNential. I was with my 7-year-old daughter, so I kept my rockin to a minimum. Did catch Dr. Dog’s set, which was excellent...


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XPN did a terrific job with the event: the Children’s Garden was a blast, the merchants provided a wide variety of food and drink, and the layout (as always) was easy to walk and fan- and family-friendly. And the people there — the volunteers, the vendors, the attendees — were incredibly, wonderfully human; everyone was watching out for his/her fellow concertgoer in the potentially dangerous heat.

Oh, and the music was fantastic, too.

If you missed it this year, keep it on your radar for July 2011.

-G

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Rod Serling

Happy Monday. Enjoy this: Mike Wallace interviewing Rod Serling in 1959, just before premier episode of The Twilight Zone.


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-G

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