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I just realized I posted this item twice....I might just go back and delete one of the posts. Happy New Year to you and all from Downunder.-Ron

JAZZ: A commemorative compendium of prose and poetry in memory of Dizzy Gillespie Preamble: I put together the following compendium of prose and poetry in memory of Dizzy Gillespie who died 22 years ago this month. Readers who are not particularly interested in one of jazz's greatest...

ALFRED HITCHCOCK: SOME THOUGHTS Preamble: I put the following pieces of prose and prose-poetry together as a single literary package after watching Hitchcock, a 2012 American biographical dramafilm based on Stephen Rebello's non-fiction book Alfred Hitchcock and the Making of Psycho. The...

JESSE OWENS and THE RACE ....little did we know Part 1: My mother was 32 and my father 46 when American track and field athlete, Jesse Owens, won four Olympic gold medals. This stunning triumph of the most famous athlete at the 1936 Olympic Games captivated the world even as it infuriated...