Stephen AltmanSep 24, 20211 minEveryone Forgets that Icarus also FlewFor all you divorcees out there, or other humans who might need a little reassurance after some hard knocks, here is “Failing and...
Stephen AltmanSep 10, 20212 minJohn Keats, a Sunset PoetThe weather (if not the climate) is getting better here in Shepherdstown. Because autumn's arriving, and because John Keats wrote "To...
Stephen AltmanSep 3, 20211 min"Where love is, there is insight."Love is blind Or maybe not. Maybe love is the lens through which we see people truly. My own opinion, as in most things, is, "It...
Stephen AltmanAug 27, 20211 minThe Taste of an Apple or the Odor of WoodsmokeFridays are Scrapbook Day here. The title of this past Wednesday's post, "I feel as if we've met somewhere . . ." brought to mind a...
Stephen AltmanAug 20, 20211 minRome in Three SentencesBlues for the Muse is set in Rome, where I've visited six or eight times this past decade. (Keats made one trip there; it ended badly.) ...