The oldest child of actress Debbie Reynolds and singer Eddie Fisher (“a product of Hollywood inbreeding,” she once wrote), actress Carrie Fisher (October 21, 1956-December 27, 2016) made her film debut as a precocious teen opposite Warren Beatty in 1975’s “Shampoo.” But it was her r...
on the orders of Columbus himself, lived among the Taíno and chronicled their rich belief system. Pané’s writings—the most direct source we have on ancient Taíno culture—was the basis forPeter Martyr’s 1516 account of cohoba rites: “The intoxicating herb,” Martyr wrote, “is so ...
Cause is complex, and it is difficult for us to see or grasp it. The beauty of karma lies in its inconceivability. Everyone goes with karma unconsciously, and master Hongyi's becoming a monk is also the result of karma. He wrote in "I became a monk in the West Lake": ...
I wanted to know. Under the ground, I was informed. It was assumed most of the white people would be there, and therefore it would be more or less like here. Only fiery hot, hotter than the sun in the cotton field at midday. Nobody w...
Seven years ago, I wrote an essay about the time I accidentally threw away my Great Grandmother’s cherishedengagement ringin the garbage and how I luckily found it in the dump before it got sent out to sea. It was a miracle of sorts and an episode that I revisit from time to time ...
I took a photo of this blackbird and just wrote it off as a probable Red-winged Blackbird. It didn’t even dawn on me to consider the California endemic Tricolored Blackbird and try to see the wings. What an idiot. On Alcatraz, Freedom and Tricolored Blackbirds are tantalizingly close ...
O’Connor wrote the article in the July 2005 issue of Vanity Fair, “I’m the Guy They Called Deep Throat,” which revealed for the first time Felt’s identity as the anonymous Watergate source. He is the son of a former FBI intelligence agent, who later was the law partner of former...
I think of Eugene O Neills words when I think about Gerry Rafferty a beautiful songwriter who wrote upbeat groovy tunes. Like many of my favourite artists he was a perfectionist socially awkward who had been disillusioned by the music business and its pernicious grip on your spirit after legal...
A blogger, identity unknown to me, wrote a piece which excoriates LIW’s parents and accuses them of virtually “pimping” their second daughter to work outside the home in various capacities for the sole benefit of alleviating their (as the blogger perceives it) financial ineptitude. Further,...
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