Of the entire canon of Bob Dylan’s work, I think Workingman’s Blues #2 runs a close second to Like a Rolling Stone. The song came out in 2006 on Dylan’s Modern Times album. I cannot remember where I first heard or became aware of it. It was probably on one of the last area real-life… Continue reading A Word’s Look: Workingman’s Blues #2 by Bob Dylan
Category: Reading
A Words Look: General Eisenhower’s D-Day Letter to the Allied Expeditionary Force
DDay+80—eighty years since the Greatest Generation began the greatest offensive in all human history directed at the face of tyranny. With three writing projects in the orbit of three different eras of Dwight D. Eisenhower’s professional life, I’ve done quite a bit of reading and research on Ike Eisenhower. The most important thing I’ve discovered… Continue reading A Words Look: General Eisenhower’s D-Day Letter to the Allied Expeditionary Force
Civil Disobedience
The power of Google tells me we are approaching the anniversary of Louisa May Alcott’s birth 191 years ago on November 29, 1832. Fantastic. Really? No, not really. I can’t say I’m a fan of Louisa May’s work. I know her work is beloved by generation upon generation of readers and is a staple of… Continue reading Civil Disobedience