Archive for May, 2008

ODE TO POLLACK
May 27, 2008

 
   i am a huge movie fan.  considering the list of my favorite movies, i realize no one may have been involved with more of them than sydney pollack. i knew his influence before i knew i loved movies. i would listen to my mother talk about how much ”the way we were” touched her, and was forced to listen to babs [...]

THE “AIR” UP THERE
May 22, 2008

  i was aboard when the aviation industry reached the height of comfort for travellers, and have ridden all the way down to the ground floor, into which it is currently poised to crash. i started flying four times a year between cincinnati and phoenix in 1976. i was usually alone, or with my sister, and would be [...]