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- Morris author shared dad's pain as dementia set in (Daily Record)
Millard "Mil" Obrig Hallenbeck was a precise man. He loved the organization that could be applied to life, exalted in the details, reveled in the mysteries and the order that could be found and recorded them in detailed observations.
- Retiring principal ready for his extended summer vacation - Waterloo Cedar-Falls Courier
CEDAR FALLS --- The heart attack gave him time to think. Tom Galligan was already considering walking away from the principal's desk at Southdale Elementary School in the next year or two when he was rushed to the hospital on Feb. 29. "While I was ...
- Regional Briefs (Kearney Hub)
Shelton voters will decide whether to fluoridate the town’s drinking water in the November general election. The Shelton Village Board passed a resolution Thursday to put the decision on the ballot, Village Clerk Bonnie Doremus said.
- Spend £20m on Gaelic TV? It's Greek to me - Times Online
Spend £20m on Gaelic TV? It's Greek to meTimes Online, UK - 4 hours agoLose Gaelic and we lose some of the most beautiful poetry and haunting ballads ever written, admittedly with a somewhat limited subject matter, but haunting ...
- At play in the fields of language - Globe and Mail
At play in the fields of languageGlobe and Mail, Canada - 3 hours agoHe manages this very balanced feat precisely because he wields the tools of his poetry so well. The language is rich, involving, and evocative. The poems ...
- The art world discovers Sand City (The Monterey County Herald)
The Professor has been on vacation for a couple of weeks of well-deserved rest and nearly jumped for joy when she sorted through her accumulated mail and found the latest issue of Via, the AAA Traveler's Companion for Northern California.
- • Renaissance man: Profile of musician, astronomer Tom Good - The Grand Rapids Press - MLive.com
• Renaissance man: Profile of musician, astronomer Tom GoodThe Grand Rapids Press - MLive.com, MI - 51 minutes agoHe writes poetry and memorizes others' verses on his way to work. He directs church choirs and talks blissfully of "pulling ordinary voices together to make ...
- Diether Haenicke's column: Finding scholarship at the edges of ... - The Bay City Times - MLive.com
Diether Haenicke's column: Finding scholarship at the edges of ...The Bay City Times - MLive.com, MI - 1 hour agoThe Journal of the History of Sexuality reveals the self-satisfying habits of a 17th century Scotsman who, besides writing poetry, regrettably also recorded ...
- TV's 'Laugh-in' comic Dick Martin dies at 86 (Chicago Tribune)
Martin was the zany half of the comedy team whose "Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In" took television by storm in the 1960s, making stars of Goldie Hawn and Lily Tomlin and creating such phrases as "Sock it to me!"
- Penguin picks up Patrick's prize - The Age
The AgePenguin picks up Patrick's prizeThe Age, Australia - 1 hour ago... his poetry and prose, had been published by University of Queensland Press, Random House in at least three imprints, Penguin, Pan Macmillan, Black Inc., ...
- Fierce rivalry could rejuvenate tennis (Miami Herald)
There is no question the Wimbledon men's final between Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal will go down as one of the best tennis matches of all time. Nadal's dramatic triumph after five sets and nearly five hours of breathtaking poetry on grass was the perfect advertisement for a sport that has seen dwindling numbers in this country.
- Christ, Come Quickly - America Magazine (subscription)
America Magazine (subscription)Christ, Come QuicklyAmerica Magazine (subscription), NY - 18 minutes agoIn Exiles, Hopkins needs nothing more than a Jesuit superior’s gentle prodding to inspire a return to poetry. Hansen intersperses his tale of Hopkins’s ...
- Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish dead at 67 (AP via Yahoo! News)
Mahmoud Darwish, whose prose gave voice to the Palestinian experience of exile, occupation and infighting, died on Saturday in Houston. He was 67.
- Local Music: Giving Epic a live music foundation (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune)
The former home of the Quest will rock again, but with some changes.
- Community events - Daily Press
A Beach Luau will take place from 6 to 11 p.m. Saturday, Queens Way, Downtown Hampton. Island Boy will perform beach tunes. Admission is free. Information: 727-0900 or visit www.vasc.org . Come out and enjoy the Wheelin' Sportsmen Catfish Roundup 9 a ...
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