Tag Archives: holidays

Photo blog 25

    I didn’t take this photo–my mother did.  I’m actually in this photo–I’m Charlie Chaplin.  My brother, Jon Snoek, is the Ghostbuster (I made his ghost-trapping “backpack” for him), and my sister, Sara Snoek, is an angel.  I think the year was 1987, but don’t quote me on that. I decided to post itContinue reading “Photo blog 25”

Some things my father said:

Stop shuffling.  Pick up your feet.  You’re ruining your shoes–walk from your heels to the balls of your feet. Stop kicking the back of my seat.  I’m trying to drive. Shift!  Left foot clutch, right foot gas–Brake! If you don’t know what you’re doing or why you’re doing it, don’t do it. You need toContinue reading “Some things my father said:”

Still MORE writing and music

With all the posts I’ve been writing lately about the influence of music on writing, I simply have to share this recent discovery:  It’s a song-sharing site called Stereomood, but the idea is not simply to share songs.  (The site is a streaming site, not a download site, so I’m sharing this because it actsContinue reading “Still MORE writing and music”

After life

Look upon the world as a bubble, regard it as a mirage; who thus perceives the world, him Mara, the king of death, does not see. ~ Dhammapada, Canto XIII, verse 170 I’ve become a student of many aspects of many religions, but one of the areas I pay most attention to is death andContinue reading “After life”

“Anybody can make history; only a great man can write it.”

Irish lit scholars, please don’t curse me for this. Because today is St. Paddy’s day, I thought I’d list — in no particular order and with deepest respect for anyone I’ve left off (and there will be a lot of those) — a few writers I have read and enjoyed who hail from the EmeraldContinue reading ““Anybody can make history; only a great man can write it.””