Category Archives: words

language or etymology

Because I was reading Jerry Mander ’In The Absence of The Sacred’ (1992), Dr. Cindy Russell put me in charge of the ‘Earthwise Traditions’ section of Stanford’s Earth Day, and that led directly to me founding a company Earthwise Productions”

Posted on April 30, 2022 by markweiss86

   

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North Carolina ’tis strange, passing strange

Posted on April 21, 2022 by markweiss86

I just got a short note from director Christopher Burris, who has been teaching and workshopping and producing at a university in North Carolina and I admit I don’t know Greensboro from Winston-Salem other than it is not Asheville or … Continue reading →

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Loving a pig, eating a turkey or chicken

Posted on April 15, 2022 by markweiss86
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From Ides of March to ‘Whan the Aprille’, earth day, Earthwise, beisbol et al or just giving it a sniff

Posted on March 13, 2022 by markweiss86

Shakespeare said or repeated to beware the Ides of March but more significantly it was Chaucer who said “Whan that Aprille with his shoures soote/ The droghte of March hath perced to the roote” which 100 years later or more … Continue reading →

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Still snazzy after all these years: Jon Pareles of The Times on Dan Bern 25 Aprils ago

Posted on March 13, 2022 by markweiss86

Dan Bern strums an acoustic guitar, sings through his nose, free-associates with sly inspiration and name-drops historical figures. He is also prepared to deflect the inevitable comparisons to Bob Dylan. In his late set at the Bottom Line on Tuesday … Continue reading →

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Slopestyle, freeski or just peoples

Posted on February 20, 2022 by markweiss86

I met FoxFace from “Hunger Games” at Coupa Cafe in Palo Alto – – three feet where I am sitting right now as I write this. I had no idea who she was — a movie star — I only … Continue reading →

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Eight minute exegesis of ’Men in Boats’ (John Wesley Powell 1869) by Wallace Stegner and Mark Weiss

Posted on February 19, 2022 by markweiss86
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Jesus Shuttleworth at CCS

Posted on February 17, 2022 by markweiss86

Jesus Shuttlesworth at CCS Rather than a CCS basketball tourney, like the one my team played so many years ago, the powers that be have declared the Catholics League the winner of CCS title; they will celebrate such with a … Continue reading →

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‘Dirt it tough’ at Dartmouth: jah and shakespeare in the reagan irie

Posted on February 9, 2022 by markweiss86

“‘Dirt it tough’ at Dartmouth: jah and shakespeare in the reagan irie” Actually Peter OutLoud had a great story this week about the history of the tenderloin but he could’ve name checked “the hard crowd” by Rachel Kushner whose parents … Continue reading →

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Go, badgers!?

Posted on January 20, 2022 by markweiss86
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