Tag Archives: Roger Smith

the ABUSE of bad words

Posted on April 18, 2018 by

      Pee. Shit. Fart. Fuck. I recently went to a doctor for a checkup. He asked me how frequently I urinated. He cautioned me, “Don’t drink water in the evening and before you go to bed. If you … Continue reading →

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preparing for a trip; advice from a travel maven

Posted on April 11, 2018 by

      In the summer of 2016, I went on a trip with a friend to Spain. I was frantically trying to get ready at the last minute, to make sure I had done everything I intended to do … Continue reading →

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another concert; thoughts about Bartók

Posted on April 11, 2018 by

      Last night, Tuesday, April 10, I saw a chamber music concert by the Artemis Quartet at Carnegie Hall which consisted of Beethoven’s String Quartet in D Major, Op. 18, No. 3; Bartók’s String Quartet No. 2, Op. … Continue reading →

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on poverty

Posted on April 8, 2018 by

    “In civilised society, personal merit will not serve you so much as money will. Sir, you may make the experiment. Go into the street, and give one man a lecture on morality, and another a shilling, and see … Continue reading →

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On Friendships: Forming, Preserving, and (Sometimes) Knowing When to End Them

Posted on April 8, 2018 by

    “For the rest, what we commonly call friends and friendships, are nothing but acquaintance and familiarities, either occasionally contracted, or upon some design, by means of which there happens some little intercourse betwixt our souls. But in the … Continue reading →

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hatred that feeds a psychic need

Posted on April 7, 2018 by

      It has a life of its own. Feeds on itself. I have seen it, depressingly, in my own life. Where the hatred is or was directed at me. It is a fire which smolders and then rages, … Continue reading →

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thoughts on another concert … on performers … on acting

Posted on April 6, 2018 by

    Last night, I attended a concert at Carnegie Hall by the pianist András Schiff. The program consisted of: Robert Schumann, Variations on an Original Theme, WoO 24 Brahms, Three Intermezzos, Op. 117 Mozart, Rondo in A Minor, K. … Continue reading →

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