In Twentynine Palms, having tucked in for the night behind the big boys at Luckie Park, we were able to start our day with a vigorous game of fetch, or as Scout calls it, “Rowr-Roo.”
“Weaving spiders, come not here; Hence, you long-legg'd spinners, hence! Beetles black, approach not near; Worm nor snail, do no offence.” —William Shakespeare
The Owl Club’s downtown headquarters, a stately ivy-covered red brick building off Union Square, turns out…
“Myths are lies and therefore worthless,” CS Lewis told JRR Tolkien, “even though breathed through silver.” “No,” Tolkien replied, “they are not lies.” —Joseph Pearce
“Dmitri, I can’t believe it! How on earth did you find me!!?”
“In Toni Morrison’s wonderful novel Beloved, one of the black men from Sweet Home -- can’t remember whether it’s Paul D. or Stamp Paid -- says there are two kinds of loneliness.
“The beginning of things is necessarily vague, tangled, chaotic, and exceedingly disturbing. How few of us ever emerge from such beginning!” —Kate Chopin
By summer’s end I’ve discovered much to love about living in Arizona.
All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players. They have their exits and their entrances, and one man in his time plays many parts. —William Shakespeare
“One day, you’ll make peace with your demons, and the chaos in your heart will settle flat. And maybe for the first time in your life, life will smile right back at you and welcome you home.” —Robert M. Drake
“I enjoyed the time out! I loved the fact that nobody had to achieve anything. And the light at the end of the tunnel is stressing me out.” —Neal Brennan
If Interlochen was an artist colony, Berklee was a star factory.
By the late 1980s, Berklee College of Music had established itself as a global center for music education, attracting talented students from all around the world. From its…