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Author Archives: Doctor Quack
Blind Men in a Dog World
If dogs had national parks, they would be for scents, not sights. They would be everywhere, ever-changing and often fleeting monuments to all the world’s odors. The dog-president and dog-congress would upgrade every being, living or dead, to national park status, … Continue reading
Confessions of a Music Student-Teacher
Last Thursday night, on a high school stage in the outskirts of a Wine Country town, I cried. In front of eighty students and dozens of parents and faculty, I lost my composure and broke down. It was the first time I’ve … Continue reading
Posted in Editorial
Tagged education, high school, music, music teacher, school, student teaching, teacher, teaching, teaching music
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Young Man by the Creek
Swollen was the oft dry creek bed with the rains of El Niño. Turbulent brown waters were tugging at the brilliant broad leaves of trees often too high to be bothered. Humble caps of mushrooms were pushing through the riparian … Continue reading
Words and More Words
I often find myself participating in conversations wondering what the point of all of it is. Sometimes words and phrases just seem like trivial mouth sounds put forth as a desperate plea for the silence to stop. “Oh, you like blue? …How interesting! … Continue reading
The World’s Smartest Person
I do not know who the World’s Smartest Person is, but I do not believe we’ll be able to find them where we assume them to be. They probably aren’t holding some prestigious post at some prestigious university, publishing their findings … Continue reading
Ambition and Humility
Once upon a time, in my starry-eyed youth, I believed I was going to be a great composer, premiering my works in ornate halls around the world. I was also going to be a great novelist, whose widely-circulated stories would … Continue reading
Doubt and Freedom
In a normal social interaction, an action usually provokes a single and consistent reaction. Social behaviors are matters of custom. In the Real World, into which we awake and generally spend most of our time, social action and reaction are second nature. Of … Continue reading
Posted in Editorial, Nonsense
Tagged behavior, choices, doubt, freedom, individuality, Language, society
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