One of our more unusual vice presidents, Dick Cheney, has been in the news again. I combined two photos of him for this portrait, done back when he was in office.
Entries from June 2014
Index Cards (68)
June 30th, 2014 · 2 Comments
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Acronym 1
June 23rd, 2014 · 4 Comments
I write musical acronyms by taking the first beat of every measure from a given piece. For the first one, I chose Haydn’s sparkling piano sonata in C major, XVI/35. The result keeps much of the character of Haydn, but is shorter and a bit more abrupt. It’s still surprisingly coherent, though; Haydn’s clarity shines […]
James
June 16th, 2014 · 1 Comment
I’ve always felt sorry for Jesus’s brother James, destined to be overshadowed. But then, he wasn’t crucified, either. Here are the first four verses of six.
The Squeamish Ossifrage
June 13th, 2014 · 2 Comments
I found a musical cipher on a tearsheet from an old encyclopedia, so I wrote a quatrain to try it out. This is what it sounds like.
Anecdote
June 8th, 2014 · 8 Comments
Translating verse is difficult enough; it’s harder to try to retain the rhyme and meter. Some paraphrase is always required, but it often comes closer to the original poem than a more literal rendition. It is, at any rate, a challenging writing exercise. Here’s my version of a verse by Jean de la Fontaine, from his […]
Bird Feeder
June 5th, 2014 · 1 Comment
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