Lawrence Ferlinghetti died last night. He had a good long run, a hundred and one years. I'm guessing he outlived almost everyone who ...

Besides being a stellar pianist, jazz composer, keyboardist, bandleader, and occasional percussionist Chick Corea was a truly kind man. Bac...

"Same. Smaller. Quieter." That's how my daughter described her dad when I inquired how he was doing yesterday then, this aft...

Singer/songwriter John Prine died of the corornavirus a few days ago . I never heard of him until now. His debut album was released a ...

Takaya Photograph: Cheryl Alexander/Wild Awake Images Takaya , Canada's eccentric and legendary lone wolf dug wells in summer t...

Last October we visited a few of Ireland's famine graveyards. The first was in the town of Dingle. Our host encouraged us to visit th...

In the southern hemisphere this is the shortest day of the year, the longest night, the pause, the time of in-going and renewal, the beginni...

Ken Nordine died yesterday, Mr. Word Jazz. I found one of his albums when I was a schoolkid. Along with Kafka and Rimbaud, he made sense at ...

Sudan, the last northern white rhino has died. His death leaves only two females of his subspecies alive in the world, his daughter and gran...

So sorry. Rest in peace, beautiful one. Despite years of international outrage at Inokashira Park's treatment of the elephant Hanako a...

At some point, ready or not, one may be called on to send off the dead. Aunt Jane was the last of her generation so this time the task fell ...

From the time Chrissy was a young woman she attended the Center for Adaptive Learning in Concord, CA. It changed her life. She was high fu...

WTF?! Now Allen Rickman dies? I'm not prepared for all this. David Bowie now him? Damn. Meanwhile, out in the Bird Park, the Flicker eag...

Cecil the lion RIP Like most people, I am outraged and heartbroken that asshole thrill killer dentist Dr. Walter Palmer lured, tor...

"A good day is when no one shows up... and you don't have to go anywhere. ~ Burt" Burt source: Boing Boing Hippy Bur...

"I want medical experiments on animals stopped. They don't do anything, and they don't work," ~ Sam Simon Sad day. S...

Back in the acid days, I held out hope that Mr. Spock Photo source: Emmy TV Legends  would beam me up so I could apprentice with ...

Nobody's at the Bird Park at the moment. A hawk scared everybody off so it's just an empty gray day here in Nevada, this after Tue...

Mark Strand (1934-2014) Cat in a Hat by  Rene Magritte Canto XVI -from Dark Harbor It is true, as someone has said, that ...

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