Hail and welcome to the kick off for this here White Noise Meander.
What’s the big idea?
A group of us are teaming up to read Don DeLillo’s (well heck I can’t describe it because I haven’t read it … Read on Macduff...
The White Noise Meander moment of restful contemplation
Greetings gentle reader! And welcome to the last Sunday before the first Sunday of the rest of your Meander.
What are we talking about?
A group read of Don DeLillo’s it’s-a-little-early-to-call-it-immortal White Noise!
You can find all the deets … Read on Macduff...
The Haircut
Some times it felt like he was collecting hair. He had a place to store it, all that hair. On top of and around his head. A mass. Spilling up and out and over until, as his grandfather would say: … Read on Macduff...
Announcing: The White Noise Meander
15 years ago today, a crew of mighty readers banded together to tackle a handful of tomes of varying complexity. Among ’em: Gravity’s Rainbow, Don Quixote, To the Lighthouse, and At Swim-Two-Birds.
We called these … Read on Macduff...
Beating back the darkness, Tokyo style
My wife and I wandered around downtown Tokyo, shuffling through our jetlag. It was Saturday night and it felt like mid-afternoon. 2pm? But it wasn’t the jetlag. And it wasn’t that siesta effect you get in super hot-time-in-the-summer cities — … Read on Macduff...
Tales of a Fourth Grade Brahman
In 1976 I was in Mr Rehmeyer’s fourth grade class. I guess he was around 35 then, so born sometime around 1940. It’s something to think about, all those teachers from that time who are likely 70, 80, 90 years … Read on Macduff...
Virtual LP: Happy Talk
I’m back in Cecil mode after a while away from ye old blog, and that’s pulled me back to recording mode. Herewith, a cover of a loverly Rodgers and Hammerstein tune from South Pacific packed into just less than 2 … Read on Macduff...
My Own Private Stanley Idaho
This is a story about a pair of roadtrips. One from a year ago, one a few decades back. The one from last year started on a Friday.
Work calls kicked off that morning at 7am. We were getting ready … Read on Macduff...
Victorious Flour
Minneapolis, 2017
Million-dollar TV Show Name
Tartare and Beets. I play Beets.