PEACE, MAN

photo by Xavier Badosa

Bob Dylan is being pretty quiet about winning the 2016 Nobel prize in Literature.  The first musician ever.  Are lyrics poetry?  Is Dylan Nobel prize material?  That's up to you.  Meanwhile, his silence in the matter has struck some as ill-mannered.   I mean it is an honor.   Though he doesn't speak officially for the Swedish Academy, academy member Dagens Nyheter, said, 'One can say that it is impolite and arrogant.' "     story            
Fancy a video since I didn't post one yet this weekend?   It doesn't get more Bob Dylan, landmark 60s, than this.  You likely know it:



                                     

Principle in the type:  "Attempt to be creative for the joy it brings ... select something like music, dance, sculpture, or poetry.  Being creative will help you enjoy life.  It engenders a spirit of gratitude." Richard G. Scott

THANKS FOR THE MEMORIES

photo by Louise Palanker

It seemed like really, everybody who knew Garry Marshall liked him, as so many nice things have been said.   The writer, director, producer who had a hand in a zillion TV and movie hits - including "Happy Days," "The Odd Couple," "Pretty Woman," and "The Princess Diaries," passed this month at the age of 81.   "Garry once said:   ‘I try to find scripts of stories that kinda celebrate the human condition… let’s talk about the tough world out there and the human spirit overcoming adversity.' "      news

Principle in the type:  "As long as there is one upright man, as long as there is one compassionate woman, the contagion may spread and the scene is not desolate.  Hope is the one thing left to us in a bad time."     E.B. White