The Rev. Al Kershaw (1919-2001) was a Jazz historian as well as an ordained minister. A man of letters, some of which are held in collection by Southern Mississippi State University, also brought … [Read more...]
Opening the Mind with a New Lens
Some teacher, sometime along the way, likely soured you on poetry. It was done by making you read stiff poems, written in an alien parlance with old-fashioned metaphors, and then insisting you explain … [Read more...]
Valuing Wonder Above Knowledge, Sometimes
This post appeared first in The Finger Lakes Times (NY), as an installment in the weekly series, "Denim Spirit." Even with weeks to go before March is gone, and an impetuous April to endure before it … [Read more...]