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by Mike Power

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  • Alabama

    AlabamaThe devil fools with the best laid planSwing low AlabamaYou got the spare changeYou got to feel strangeAnd now the momentis all that it meant Alabama, you got the weight on your shoulders that’s breaking your backYour Cadillac has got a wheel in the ditch and a wheel on the track Alabama Banjos playing through Read more

  • Baby

    I’ve been thinking a lot about babies lately. Next month a dear friend is going to become a mommy and last month my baby, who hasn’t been a baby for long years, packed up his boyhood room and moved out into the wider world. Baby New Year is right around the corner, and the birth Read more

  • Scenes From A Zoo

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  • Happy 4th Blogday

      Four years ago today I posted the first of 482 entries on this blog. Most have been about music, fiction, or painting – both original work and explorations of the work of other artists. At some point in the next week or two this blog will have its 100,000th page view. I’m grateful for every Read more

  • Michelangelo’s David

    “I saw the angel in the stone and I carved until I set it free.” Michelangelo If you have a few extra minutes this holiday, I would be thankful if you spend it reading my piece on Michelangelo’s David in ARTpublika magazine.     Read more

  • The Lost Art of Letter Writing: The Poison Pen Letter

    Alexander Woollcott    Alexander Woollcott was a raconteur and member of good standing at the Algonquin Round Table. He was known for his dry humor and way with words. His aphorisms include observations on Los Angeles (“seven suburbs in search of a city”) and pianist Oscar Levant (“there is absolutely nothing wrong with Oscar Levant Read more