The Bee Gees are more readily known for their disco days; Jive Talking, Staying Alive, upbeat tunes and dancing. Some of us remember them first as pop singers with more folksy lyrics and, to be honest, it took a bit of time to get used to their new sound in the seventies. One of the [...]
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First of May
Posted in Famous and infamous, music, tagged First of May, Robin Gibb, The Bee Gees on Wednesday, May 23, 2012 | 16 Comments »
Working hard and wild things
Posted in Children's books, Famous and infamous, music, Nature/animals, tagged American Robin, Donna Summer, In the Night Kitchen, Last Dance, Maurice Sendak, She Works Hard for the Money, Where the Wild Things Are on Friday, May 18, 2012 | 22 Comments »
I had forgotten a little pile of twigs in the grass. They were trimmings from last year’s Jacob’s Ladder, perennial geranium and such. I meant to pick them up on my garden walkabout when I spotted a robin fiddling around them. Robins have a way of picking and choosing in the dirt for whatever it [...]
You’re “it” (question #8)
Posted in Books, Family and friends, Famous and infamous, tagged Jo March, Louisa May Alcott, Normal Rockwell, Orchard House, The Most Beloved American Writer, Writers on Friday, March 30, 2012 | 31 Comments »
HAVE YOU EVER WRITTEN OR WOULD YOU LIKE TO WRITE A SHORT STORY, MEMOIR OR A NOVEL? Isn’t this a wonderful picture? I first saw this Normal Rockwell illustration, The Most Beloved American Writer, on Danielle’s blog, A Work in Progress. I knew I would eventually use it here on the Cutoff. As I thought [...]
You’re “it” (question #4)
Posted in Books, Family and friends, Famous and infamous, Food, Television, tagged Alton Brown, Cookbooks, Dana Carvey, Ina Garten, Lidia, The Church Lady on Saturday, March 24, 2012 | 30 Comments »
DO YOU LIKE TO COOK? DO YOU LIKE TO ENTERTAIN AT HOME? IF THE ANSWER IS YES, WHO ARE YOUR FAVORITE ENTERTAINMENT AND COOKBOOK AUTHORS? I love to cook and eating, in my humble opinion, is a form of entertainment. Some of the sweetest of life’s moments are when I’ve set a fine table. Family [...]
You’re “it” (question #2)
Posted in Adventure, Books, Famous and infamous, tagged Abigail Adams, Beetlejuice, Harry Belafonte, Henry David Thoreau, Julia Child, Louisa May Alcott, Ralph Waldo Emerson on Wednesday, March 21, 2012 | 26 Comments »
IF THERE WERE FOUR PEOPLE FROM ANY TIME PERIOD YOU COULD INVITE TO DINNER WHO WOULD THEY BE? I’m in a silly mood and just had to share that scene from Beetlejuice, which leads me to my first dinner guest, the man who brought this song to us here in the States, Mr. Harry Belafonte. [...]
Nick Noble’s Shoes
Posted in Adventure, Family and friends, Famous and infamous, music, tagged Chicago, Civic Opera House, Greek school, Holy Apostles Greek School, Lyric Opera House, Magikist, Magikist sigh on Eisenhower Expressway, Nick Noble on Thursday, February 16, 2012 | 24 Comments »
One’s mind tends to wander along interstate highways. I had a good audio book, Moon Over Manifest, which I hope to share with you soon, and public radio is worthy through Wisconsin, but, sometimes the quiet takes hold when driving solo. Odd thoughts pop in and out like songs from the fifties. Once a thought [...]
Feather duster or flowerpot?
Posted in Books, Children's books, Family and friends, Famous and infamous, Food, Gardening, Historical, tagged Elmhurst Garden Club, feathers, flower pots, Hats, High Tea, Serene Tea Elmhurst on Sunday, February 5, 2012 | 30 Comments »
I’m trying to decide if I want to put a flower or a feather in my hat. Important decisions such as a these take time, especially if you are someone like me who does not look particularly fetching in a hat. One’s hair must be right and the tilt of the hat just so. The [...]
A little Frost
Posted in Famous and infamous, Nature/animals, Poetry, tagged A Prayer for Spring, Robert Frost on Tuesday, June 7, 2011 | 14 Comments »
Oh, give us pleasure in the flowers to-day; And give us not to think so far away, As the uncertain harvest; keep us here, All simply in the springing of the year. Robert Frost – A Prayer in Spring (Now, if I could only figure out where the patch of poison ivy is that I [...]
In Flanders Fields
Posted in Famous and infamous, Historical, Holidays, tagged In Flanders Fields, John McCrae, Memorial Day, poppies on Monday, May 30, 2011 | 10 Comments »
home.earthlink.net/~alrnevada/post149/id26.html Here in the United States, we honor all who sacrificed their lives or returned home injured from war and dedicate a day, Memorial Day, each May, to honor them. There are parades and ceremonies at cemeteries and parks, national tributes and prayers in houses of worship. The poem, In Flanders Field, was written by [...]
The Brontes at Haworth
Posted in Books, Famous and infamous, Historical, tagged Ann Dinsdale, Anne Bronte, Bronte Sisters, Charlotte Bronte, Emily Bronte, Haworth Parsonage, Jane Eyre, Simon Warner, The Brontes at Haworth, Wuthering Heights on Tuesday, May 24, 2011 | 14 Comments »
I went looking for an audio book to pass the time on our long drive up north, but, found Ann Dinsdale’s The Brontes at Haworth instead. A weekend away with our up north family and a side trip to the Yorkshire Moors and home of one of English literature’s most enduring writers all at the [...]
