From Hollywood to Ravenswood 2

03/22/2024

The night is a cool snake
A child
Lost
When they call for names
I will use yours

02/23/2022

When I was 11 years old, I remember hearing this movie title read on the Academy Awards telecast. Recently, I finally watched it. It's a good movie. Here's my quick review from my blog.

The best thing about the 1970 film “I Never Sang for My Father” is a knockout performance by the veteran actor Melvyn Douglas. Douglas plays Tom Garrison (think garrison, as in military), a bombastic, charming, irascible retired businessman and alpha male, 1970-vintage. Gene Hackman, ear...

02/05/2022

Added a post to my blog page recently about the newest Woody Allen movie, "Rifkin's Festival," a delightful escape to sunny Spain and an international film festival.

Woody Allen’s newest film, “Rifkin’s Festival,” is a delight. It’s light-hearted, filled with lively jazz tunes and European flavor, and proof that the 86-year-old writer-director is as good or better than he’s ever been. I watched the film recently on-line, via G...

10/30/2020

A brief poem I recently posted to my blog about this year of 2020...

The winds have blown hard this year. The sins of the Earth Have settled in its soil. Men open their eyes To a different life. Ten angels Battle ten devils. A husband Leaves his wife.   And yet…   There is a quiet And a still. A woman hums a song As she climbs up...

09/02/2020

Have been trying my hand at stream-of-conscious type poems recently. Here are a few recent examples from my blog at ChicagoNow.com...

(Untitled) There’s something in this room. I don’t know what it is But I feel it And taste it. It’s pressing me down And it smells like death.   Why can’t you let me be To say my prayers To the children of the morning?   (Untitled) All day the sun Fills this glass o...

08/18/2020

A few short poems written over the weekend on my cellphone...

Poem 8-15-20 You spread your angel wings Like an eagle’s Across the night sky And the stars shine and blink But offer no way home For you And your armies Of the desolate   Poem 8-15-20 In the place Of laughter In the place of sadness Paris and Dresden St. Louis and New York The...

10/06/2019

A poem about fall, and other things:

http://www.chicagonow.com/hollywood-ravenswood/2019/10/fall-poem/

07/05/2019

On July 4th, posted an interview to my blog with a wonderful woman, Violetta Muzychenko, who emigrated from Ukraine to the U.S. almost 20 years ago. Here's the link: http://bit.ly/30cufXW

06/09/2019

The birds in Chicago have been singing to me this spring. Check out my new original poem, "This spring," on my blog, along with a new original drawing: http://bit.ly/2I3yChV

06/02/2019

“Rocketman,” the new film about Elton John from Paramount Pictures, is a wild, fun ride. With Sir Elton himself as one of the executive producers, the movie is full of color, and, of course, great music. At times, it seems like a true biographical examination of the life of the rock and....

12/07/2018

Cancer patient says cannabis oil treatment has prolonged her life. My blog post: http://bit.ly/2KPq0uX

10/22/2018

The new film "A Star is Born" is just what moviegoers who love music need this fall: a big Hollywood hit. My Chicagonow.com blog review: http://www.chicagonow.com/hollywood-ravenswood/2018/10/a-star-is-born-shines-brightly/