August 31: FRED ROGERS – The Purest of Honesty
by Mr. Rogers Neighborhood: Final episode aired August 31, 2001 Tomorrow, I will mail a letter which confronts a bully. Not my bully, but a teacher …
August 11: ROBIN WILLIAMS – Ending the Never-Ending Battle
ROBIN WILLIAMS: July 21, 1951 – August 11, 2014 I was just thinking about Robin Williams a few days ago. We were driving out of …
June 2: DARKNESS ON THE EDGE OF TOWN – The Salvation Inside
Bruce Springsteen’s Darkness On The Edge Of Town: Began recording June 2, 1978 We shall not cease from exploration, and the end of all our …
May 26: DOROTHEA LANGE – Learning to See
DOROTHEA LANGE: May 26, 1895 – October 11, 1965 When you take an 80-day break from a project on “expresssing gratitude to ensure focus on …
March 7: TOWNES VAN ZANDT – Waitin’ Around To Die
TOWNES VAN ZANDT: March 7, 1944 – January 1, 1997 I remember reading a ‘zine review of a Townes Van Zandt show that lasted less …
March 6: THE BIG LEBOWSKI – The Laughter of Togetherness
The Big Lebowski: Premiered March 6, 1998 A primatology study published in 2009 proved that all of the great apes – gorillas, chimpanzees, bonobos, orangutans …
March 5: PIER PAOLO PASOLINI – The Danger of Being Too Broad
PIER PAOLO PASOLINI: March 5, 1922 – November 2, 1975 I don’t post on Facebook very often, but every time I do, I have a …
March 4: WARD KIMBALL – Breathing Life into The Line
WARD KIMBALL: March 4, 1914 – July 8, 2002 Tonight at band practice, I pulled out a joke that always gets a laugh. In the …
February 12: CHARLES SCHULZ – A Love Bigger than Life
CHARLES SCHULZ: November 26, 1922 – February 12, 2000 When my grandfather died from emphysema on May 2, 2000, my grandmother was devastated. My grandfather …
February 10: SPIKE LEE’S SCHOOL DAZE – Beating Back the Damage of Omission
SPIKE LEE’S SCHOOL DAZE: Opened February 15, 1988 The news today carried the story about lawmakers pressing the owners of the Washington Redskins football team …