Information regarding Eric Whitacre's

next project, Virtual Choir 3, should be released soon...




Reposted from 4/8/11

Found Philosophical questions

regarding the Catholic Faith, answered by Dr. Richard Geraghty online: Faith: Catholic Q & A... Via EWTN's Q & A index

Cartoonist John Ewing

is a gentleman I recently learned about
through friend & author Barbara Beyer
Malley, as she has been looking for an
illustrator for the next published work of
her mother's poetry. I haven't , however,
been successful at copying & pasting (or
posting), the drawings Barbara has sent,
as I wanted to attempt & post at least a
page from a copy of his book:

The Cessna, The Sky....and the Cartoonist.

From Barbara:

"I discovered John Ewing... while looking
for an artist to illustrate my next series.
Noticing in his bio that he had a passion
for flying, I contacted him and sent him a
couple of my flying articles. He mailed me
a copy of his self-published book,
The Cessna, The Sky....and the Cartoonist.
The drawings and the text are both hilarious...

...In a section called "In Gratitude," John
ends with this: 'Being a Christian introduces
another element in my gratitude, too, for I
am aware that it is God who, as so often in
my past, provided the opportunities and
wherewithal to pursue this wonderful sport.
He was with me in it all the way. I am grateful
to Him.' "

Barbara also writes that John lives with his
wife Jenny in New Zealand, and worked for years
for Walt Disney as an animator. So as soon as I
can figure out how to do it, & with Mr. Ewing's
permission, I will happily post a copy of his work
here...

& my many thanks to Barbara for sharing the info!

Originally posted 7/30/09.

Almost-Phantom Hugh Jackman

played Curly, as well as Patrick (Raoul de Chagny) Wilson:

And Patrick Wilson

Who played Vicomte Raoul de Chagny in The Phantom of the Opera (2004) and Curly in an Oklahoma revival on Broadway, sings God Bless America at a Yankee game, last year.

Happy Birthday, Barbara Beyer Malley!

Six years ago, in October of 2005, I received a comment on a post about my favorite childhood poem, The Laughing Willow, by Ernestine Cobern Beyer. I was thrilled to find that Ernestine's daughter Barbara had written - and so began a friendship that, technically, due to technology, is a reality today.

A Very Happy 90th Birthday, Barbara!!

And please comment (or email) on how your flight went yesterday, when you have the chance...

Too, visit Barbara's blog: Tears and Laughter at 90,

and her daughter, Dr. Kathleen Malley-Morrison's website:
Engaging Peace, for interesting, edifying, and entertaining insights from this very dear and gifted family.

FYI

Sheesh!

I cannot post on most blogs anymore - just sometimes anonymously, but not while I'm logged in...

Anybody know what's going on?

billie joe in green day's american idiot

Last week.

By Joe LeClerc

The White Rose Knighted


Perfervia was the Queen


.........who knighted a white rose


.............................dressed in a garland


.....................................of pear garden green





and rose became man


........who crossed morphine and milk


.......,,,,,,,.......fawn drank the potion


..................................that made fawn dream a dryad


................................................whose garment was silk





and the silk nymph rambled


............and robbed monkeys and men


.........................till a tear tossed a turn-key


...........................................that opened a gaol. then





the bottom of heaven


...........dropped from the skies


..............................and the ear descent light





blinded nymph's eyes


.....nymph fell through a hole


..........in Swiss fromage skies


............and dropped to a place where breath whispered flames

....................................................flicker and die

Originally posted 8/22/07

Eric Whitacre's Virtual Choir - 'Lux Aurumque'

Amazing...

Enjoy this actual, virtual choir, from Eric Whitacre.

And many thanks to fellow Phantom phan, liveforlife2494, from YouTube, for the tip. =)

Got the Barnes & Noble

for my b'day earlier this year, but was told


to wait as they were coming out with newer models...

I'm not sorry I didn't wait, but they do have one now
that has a color screen - just in time for Christmas =)

I'm really likin' mine. Plus, this is the cover I got,
with its quote from G. K. Chesterton: "Literature is a
luxury; fiction is a necessity."

Thanks to Anna

Revelation Song, Mercy Seat, Resurrection, The Passion from YouTube.

Common sense

ways to make a difference in our economy
locally, by using our $$$ wisely...

Read: Voting With Our Wallets,

by Joseph Pearce at the

Ink Desk.

On Hope for

Moscow Churches,

By Pavel Chichikov.


From: The Ink Desk

@

O Towering Pillars of Freedom!

by silhouette artist
Dan Paulos, whose
work is available at
Trinity Stores (link
to the right).

Originally published 2/7/06

The Right Way to Live: Plato's Republic for Catholic Students

by Richard Geraghty
is what I'm waiting on from
Amazon.

I've seen Dr. Geraghty on EWTN's very
interesting shorts: Moral Philosophy 101,
and am looking forward to reading his - and
Plato's - work.

*By Joe LeClerc

*This is the archived version
of this poem, originally published
in the 'future' on June 22, 2007...

M. LeClerc requested an easily-read
plain text type, available here. (link)

Although I had another request to

retain the pink version...

The White Rose Knighted


Perfervia was the Queen


.........who knighted a white rose


.............................dressed in a garland


.....................................of pear garden green




and rose became man


........who crossed morphine and milk


.......,,,,,,,.......fawn drank the potion


..................................that made fawn dream a dryad


.................................................whose garment was silk




and the silk nymph rambled


............and robbed monkeys and men


.........................till a tear tossed a turn-key


...........................................that opened a gaol. then




the bottom of heaven


...........dropped from the skies


..............................and the ear descent light




blinded nymph's eyes


.....nymph fell through a hole


..........in Swiss fromage skies


............and dropped to a place where breath whispered
flames


....................................................flicker and die

What I'm doing in a few...

V V Brown's "Shark in the Water", and the cast of Degrassi From YouTube.

Originally posted 10/9/10.

Let me know if

the colors hurt your eyes.

When in Rome - The Promise

I don't remember this at all from the '80's...

Originally posted 5/28/10