Brain in a Jar Posted by John Manchester on October 25, 2010 at 3:00pm View Blog EDITOR’S PICK OCTOBER 25, 2010 9:32AM RATE: 26 Flag My father forbade me to see horror movies, Twilight Zone, or Outer Limits. When he came home from a screening of “Psycho” he said, “I’ll never let you watch it” then proceeded to describe in gory detail…
My Dad and Elgar
“There are places I remember…All my life, though some have changed Some forever not for better, Some have gone and some remain All those places have their moments with lovers and friends I still can recall Some are dead and some are living In my life I’ve loved them all ….” J. Lennon. Thirty years…
Satisfaction and Mad Men
Like many, I’m a big fan of AMC’s “Mad Men.” I have long been disappointed by all the books and movies that fail to capture the spirit of the 1960’s. It’s one of my motivations for writing, to try to do that myself. From the first episode Mad Men evoked in me chilling moments of remembrance – not…
Music Maker
Music Maker We are the music makers, And we are the dreamers of dreams – O’Shaughnessy, Elgar When I was young I burned with desire to make things with my hands. I wanted my father to teach me to hammer and saw but he showed me his big hands and said, “All I can do…
A Whole Month’s Vacation
EDITOR’S PICK JULY 26, 2010 6:57AM RATE: 22 Flag My father announced, “We’re taking a whole month’s vacation!” It was the summer of 1960, the year he won his Guggenheim grant. With the money he got we could afford to rent a cabin on Mount Desert Island for August. He saw the promise of a very…
Why We Built May Father’s Coffin
Part II –Why We Built my Father’s Coffin Posted by John Manchester on June 3, 2010 at 2:30pm View Blog RATE: 11 Flag This is an excerpt from my memoir: In his last years my father told me, “When I die I want you children to build my coffin.” He’d gotten the idea sometime in the seventies,…
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