For those of you who like to write, here is a contribution from my friend Jim Baird that is both fun to read and a good example of how to write a story. Notice how it starts out nice and easy and continues to flow like smooth water on good bourbon all the way to […]
For many years, my friend Jim Baird taught a class on Bob Dylan at the University of North Texas (UNT) where he worked as an English professor. When Dylan won the Nobel Prize for literature in 2016, many questioned whether a songwriter, or a poet rock star, or a folk singer, or whatever you want […]
“Are We Not Men? We Are Devo!” Robinson Jeffers and the Social and Biological Devolution of Humanity Because Robinson Jeffers’ physical body has not been with us for a long time, one may assume that he has little of a specific nature to tell us about society in the year 2006. But Jeffers’ world […]
EMILIANO ZAPATA: HERO IN HISTORY AND ART My good friend Jim Baird wrote this essay as a contribution to this web site. It all started one day several months ago when I asked him what his favorite movie was. The answer: Viva Zapata! And no hesitation. I didn’t know it then, but none other […]
Sacco and Vanzetti were Italian immigrants accused of being part of a gang of bandits who murdered two guards during a payroll robbery in South Braintree, Massachusetts on April 15, 1920. Nicola Sacco (1891-1927) and Bartolomeo Vanzetti (1888-1927) were anarchists devoted to the overthrow of not just the United States government but all other forms […]
Another article by my friend Jim Baird. This one is worth reading for many reasons, fun being just one. Then again, it’s also informative and educational, for those trying to improve your writing skills, a good example of something to shoot for. In my humble opinion, any one of these ‒ entertain, educate, inform ‒ […]
My friend Jim wrote this and I think he hit the ball out of the park. If you like Jim’s writing, check the other article by him titled Mending, Mending Walls. It’s a few blogs back. Here is the link to his newest article . . . Denton Record Chronicle.
Jim Baird, my good friend and mentor, wrote this and it’s so good I had to include it in my blog. Because of popular demand, I asked him to expand on the subject which he did. I include part 2 (10-27-19) at the end of part 1, and can be thought of as more on […]