Author Archives: hermitsdoor

About hermitsdoor

Up here in the mountains, we have a saying, "You can't get there from here", which really means "We wouldn't go the trouble to do that". Another concept is that "If you don't know, we ain't telling." For the rest, you'll have to read between the lines.

Dept. of Alternative Facts: Persuade

Posted on August 20, 2017

persuade: (v) to convince someone to act in a certain manner, by advising or urging; to induce to believe

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Dept. of Alternative Facts: Unite

Posted on August 19, 2017

unite: (v) to bring together in a single whole or unit; to join in mutual sympathy or a common goal

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Theatre Review: Much Ado About Nothing

Posted on August 12, 2017

Shakespeare loved his women.  Beyond rumours of his lusty affairs, his plays female characters in Shakespeare’s comedies often trump the men’s powerless grasp at authority, witless charm, and drunken stupor.  Beatrice in Much Ado About Nothing rises to the top … Continue reading →

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Theatre Review: Peter and the Starcatcher

Posted on August 9, 2017

I did not spend a lot of my childhood with children’s stories.  Peter Pan might have been the Disney version which I might have watched.  But, I do not truly know whether I saw it.  My friends must have, for … Continue reading →

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Poem: Free Jazz

Posted on August 7, 2017

Free jazz: notes cascading from horns, cords striding across eighty-eight keys, while rhythms on drum kits beat. To the unaccustomed ear an explosion of unrelated sounds, each instrument contesting for center stage. But, are these musicians more than a congregation … Continue reading →

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From the Bookshelf: My Years in Communist China, by Eva Diao

Posted on July 29, 2017

Every once in a while, I find a book on my shelf which I had forgotten about for a couple of decades. After those not-too-light-reading texts by Friedman and Chomsky, I skimmed for something less taxing. My eye settled on … Continue reading →

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From the Bookshelf: The World is Flat, and Requiem for the American Dream

Posted on July 28, 2017

Recently, my mother gave me a book to read, Noam Chomsky’s Requiem for the American Dream. Some years ago, she had given me Thomas L. Friedman’s The World is Flat, which I have neglected on my shelf as dust gathered. … Continue reading →

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