Phil’s Favorite Songs One
I have tried to create theme part series on this site, such as Travels with Phil. I had a very long and deep relationship with many folks in the recording industry for over 30 years. That is the motivation for this series. The Dutchman by Michael Smith I had the good fortune to be […]
History with Phil – Document 1
I am coming across documents in my files which record interesting moments in American history. I think it will justify another series like Travels with Phil. This one is self-explanatory!
My Farewell to Lewis Mumford
He was in fact to pass away just for years later at 95 years old. I knew him when he was in his 70’s and still going strong. I have shared much about him already on the website, but in trying to reorganize a lifetime of writing I came across this letter and wished to […]
Lewis Mumford, renowned Twentieth Century scholar of urban history and architecture
I have never seen this story about Lewis Mumford told anywhere in spite of my extensive reading of his work and works about him, including his authorized biography. I was disturbed at reading that, which the author agreed not to publish until his and Sophie’s daughter had died, as it told of his affairs. I […]
Mumford Correspondence
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The Bureau of Indian Affairs and the Miccosukee Tribe
By now you know I spent almost 2 years on a research team in the Everglades in the 1960s. We would take off for the Cottonmouth Camp Cabin research station (see the African Queen post) from the Shark Observation Tower on US 41, the Tamiami Trail, near the flood control dams and the 40 Mile […]
Mr. Ledoux and Theosophy
I went to high school in the 60s. Flower power, psychedelics, exploring other ways of living, thinking and experiencing the universe. Interest in eastern mysticism was huge! My friends and I threw the I Ching. I still have my copy. I owned a copy of the Tibetan Book of the Dead and practiced chanting the […]
Why I spell G-d with a dash in it
In Judaism the four Hebrew letters (referred to as the Tetragrammaton) that spell out the name of G-d are NEVER pronounced. We say Adonai, The Lord, or other substitutes when it appears in the liturgy. Why? It is referred to by the Rabbis I have known as the Ineffable Name of G-d. But the real […]
Cinderellas
By now most of you know I have been a serious stamp collector for the past 39 years, after a 17-year break in my early adulthood after having collected as a child. There is a field of stamp collecting which is one of my favorites. Cinderella LOOKED like a scullery maid but was really a princess. […]
The PaPER and the Poets Three
This is another of Nanlee Haston’s poems. I’ve introduced her story in an earlier post, The PaPER and the Poets Two And a thousand giants of the land, took hold of humorand burned it at the stake: heretic of fate. As mothers fathers children dogs were turnedto bark at moons (too soon to recognize my […]