Tag Archives: Frank Sinatra
At 317am, Time to Dim the Lights
Today’s post–and trust me, it was no easy call–is my last for 317am. It’s the last for any of us—whether Kaze, Ras, or Ted the Cat—till who knows when. We may be back someday, but we just don’t know. On … Read more
Valentine’s Day, Two Weeks Late
I’m late with a post on love. Sorry. Didn’t have anything to share back on Valentine’s Day. But today I do. It’s a passage from Robert Burton’s Anatomy of Melancholy, which is one of those treasure-chest classics you keep by … Read more
How Did You Get to Be You?
Have you ever wondered how you got to be you? Why you love Frank Sinatra? Why you hate curry? Where did you get that sense of humor? Why are you bookish? So scared of water? So resentful of authority? How … Read more
Johnny Mercer and the Art of Reticence (Reprise)
Last Friday Johnny Mercer (1909-1976) would have celebrated his 102nd brithday. I was taking a car trip that day and listening to the Sirius XM Sateliite Radio station “40s on 4″ when an old recording of Mercer doing a medley of the … Read more
It’s Still a Very Good Year (reprise)
(Today is my 61st birthday. A year ago, I wrote this post about my 60th. I’m still away, but I’ll be back on Wednesday. Meanwhile, this post seemed apropos.) So long ago that I can’t remember when, I read The Romantic Comedians, … Read more
You Must Remember This, a Kiss is Still…an Adaptive Courtship Strategy
Since we’re but two days away from New Year’s Eve and the stroke of midnight, we can assume a whole lot of people are about to be kissed. This may strike some as an occasion for romantic wonder and delight. … Read more
TED THE CAT
Ted the Cat (1994-present) is a domestic shorthair blogger and vers libre poet. He also enjoys sleeping, eating, and lurking. Ted the Cat co-habits with Kaze,
also a blogger at 317am.net.
ABOUT THE AUTHORS
Kaze
Kaze is Washington DC area writing guru Steve Altman. The nickname is Japanese for “the wind.” Read more »
RasoirJ
Ras at Texas BBQ in DC, site of lunchtime chats with Kaze on the art and agony of writing. Ras is also known in some publishing circles as George Clack. Read more »