tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-81508964067353376302012-02-13T17:56:32.722-08:00Fiction, nonfiction, opinions, and musings by Michael Collins MortonMichael Collins Mortonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05843507391115895498noreply@blogger.comBlogger11100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8150896406735337630.post-14984979539445791682011-06-16T17:22:00.000-07:002012-02-13T17:52:38.681-08:00A collection of varied examples from a lifetime of writing.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br />NOVEL </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i>Instead of drowning myself in the river, I chose to carry on with my life.</i> (Chapter 1, <i>Close Enough for Rock'n'Roll</i>)</div><br /><ul><li><a href="http://closeenoughforrocknroll-mcm.blogspot.com/">Close Enough for Rock'n'Roll</a></li></ul><br />FICTION<br /><br /><i>One morning in the first week of May, Mr. Thurgood Q. Fentermock put on his best suit, walked out of his house, sauntered down to the end of the street, turned left at the corner, and was never seen again.</i> ("The Sudden Disappearance of Thurgood Q. Fentermock")<br /><br /><ul><li><a href="http://winthropfarble.blogspot.com/">The Peculiar World of Winthrop Farble - Random Fragments of an Irregular Existence</a></li><li><a href="http://mcm-myfiction.blogspot.com/2009/01/sudden-disappearance-of-thurgood-q.html">The Sudden Disappearance of Thurgood Q. Fentermock</a></li><li><a href="http://mcm-myfiction.blogspot.com/2009/01/man-who-wanted-happiness.html">The Man Who Wanted Happiness</a></li><li><a href="http://mcm-myfiction.blogspot.com/2009/02/long-engagement-of-matilda-witherspoon.html">The Long Engagement of Matilda Witherspoon and Seymour Higginbottom</a></li><li><a href="http://mcm-myfiction.blogspot.com/2011/08/horatio-threadneedles-fleeting-thoughts.html">Horatio Threadneedle's Fleeting Thoughts </a></li><li><a href="http://mcm-myfiction.blogspot.com/2009/02/reginald-blows-it-all.html">Reginald Blows It All</a></li><li><a href="http://mcm-myfiction.blogspot.com/2009/03/how-i-wrote-my-first-screenplay.html">How I Wrote My First Screenplay</a></li><li><a href="http://mcm-myfiction.blogspot.com/2012/02/walter-periwinkle-and-impenetrable.html">Walter Periwinkle and the Impenetrable Mysteries of Physical Existence </a></li><li><a href="http://mcm-myfiction.blogspot.com/2012/01/exceedingly-one-sided-romance.html">An Exceedingly One-sided Romance </a></li><li><a href="http://mcm-myfiction.blogspot.com/2009/09/immoderate-moderation-of-fenwick.html">The Immoderate Moderation of Fenwick Arbuthnot</a></li><li><a href="http://mcm-myfiction.blogspot.com/2011/08/true-story-of-mr-excelsior-fancypants.html">The True Story of Mr. Excelsior Fancypants </a></li><li><a href="http://mcm-myfiction.blogspot.com/2009/02/explanation-from-chief-executive.html">An Explanation from the Chief Executive</a></li><li><a href="http://mcm-myfiction.blogspot.com/2009/01/conversation-with-myself.html">A Conversation with Myself</a></li><li><a href="http://mcm-myfiction.blogspot.com/2009/04/edwin.html">Edwin</a></li><li><a href="http://mcm-myfiction.blogspot.com/2010/09/tale-of-sir-rupert-stoutfellow-and_28.html">The Tale of Sir Rupert Stoutfellow and the Mouse</a></li><li><a href="http://mcm-myfiction.blogspot.com/2009/01/intellectual-rock.html">The Intellectual Rock</a></li><li><a href="http://mcm-myfiction.blogspot.com/2009/01/cheerful-bird.html">The Cheerful Bird</a></li><li><a href="http://mcm-myfiction.blogspot.com/2010/09/regular-rabbit.html">The Regular Rabbit</a></li><li><a href="http://mcm-myfiction.blogspot.com/2009/01/angry-prophet.html">The Angry Prophet</a></li></ul><br />NONFICTION <br /><br /><i>I was growing up in the Bay Area in those days, living out my teen years in the stale confines of a quiet suburb that was about an hour away from San Francisco, and I can well remember going into the city to get my first look at the happenings in Haight-Ashbury.</i> ("Summer of Love")<br /><br /><ul><li><a href="http://www.eclectica.org/v10n3/morton.html">Out, Out, Brief Candle - <i>Eclectica</i>, July/August 2006</a></li><li><a href="http://mcm-mynonfiction.blogspot.com/2010/11/what-i-believe-partial-list.html">What I Believe (A Partial List)</a></li><li><a href="http://mcm-mynonfiction.blogspot.com/2009/10/two-days-in-paris.html">Two Days in Paris</a></li><li><a href="http://mcm-mynonfiction.blogspot.com/2009/03/november-22-1963.html">November 22, 1963</a></li><li><a href="http://mcm-mynonfiction.blogspot.com/2009/01/summer-of-love.html">Summer of Love</a></li><li><a href="http://mcm-mynonfiction.blogspot.com/2009/01/california-dreamin.html">California Dreamin'</a></li><li><a href="http://mcm-mynonfiction.blogspot.com/2011/06/confessions-of-unashamed-old-timer.html">Confessions of an Unashamed Old-timer </a></li><li><a href="http://mcm-mynonfiction.blogspot.com/2009/02/first-love.html">First Love</a></li><li><a href="http://mcm-mynonfiction.blogspot.com/2009/11/one-step-ahead-of-my-darker-self.html">One Step Ahead of My Darker Self</a></li><li><a href="http://mcm-mynonfiction.blogspot.com/2010/11/life-of-words.html">A Life of Words</a></li><li><a href="http://mcm-mynonfiction.blogspot.com/2011/07/unlikely-marriage.html">An Unlikely Marriage </a></li><li><a href="http://mcm-mynonfiction.blogspot.com/2010/10/why-i-hate-computers.html">Why I Hate Computers</a></li><li><a href="http://mcm-mynonfiction.blogspot.com/2009/03/american-capitalism-folly-of-spending.html">American Capitalism: The Folly of Spending Unwisely</a></li><li><a href="http://mcm-mynonfiction.blogspot.com/2010/08/autumn-leaves.html">Autumn Leaves</a></li><li><a href="http://mcm-mynonfiction.blogspot.com/2010/08/halloween.html">Halloween</a></li><li><a href="http://mcm-mynonfiction.blogspot.com/2009/12/christmas-in-america-tis-not-season-to.html">Christmas in America: 'Tis Not the Season to be Jolly </a></li><li><a href="http://mcm-mynonfiction.blogspot.com/2010/01/happy-new-year.html">Happy New Year?</a></li><li><a href="http://mcm-mynonfiction.blogspot.com/2009/03/looking-at-stars.html">Looking at the Stars</a></li><li><a href="http://mcm-mynonfiction.blogspot.com/2010/09/albert-einstein-extraordinary-in-many.html">Albert Einstein: Extraordinary in Many Ways </a></li><li><a href="http://mcm-mynonfiction.blogspot.com/2009/01/meeting-dr-seuss.html">Meeting Dr. Seuss</a></li></ul><br />MUSIC<br /><br /><i>It was rock'n'roll, it was The Rolling Stones, and it was free.</i> ("Pleased to Meet You, Hope You Guessed My Name: The Rolling Stones at Altamont")<br /><br /><ul><li><a href="http://mcm-mynonfiction.blogspot.com/2009/02/beatlemania.html">Beatlemania</a></li><li><a href="http://mcm-mynonfiction.blogspot.com/2010/03/breakup-of-beatles.html">The Breakup of The Beatles</a></li><li> <a href="http://mcm-mynonfiction.blogspot.com/2009/02/remembering-hullabaloo-and-shindig.html">Remembering Hullabaloo and Shindig</a></li><li><a href="http://mcm-mynonfiction.blogspot.com/2010/08/50-years-of-motown.html">50 Years of Motown</a></li><li><a href="http://mcm-mynonfiction.blogspot.com/2009/01/sounds-of-1967-uk.html">Sounds of 1967 (UK)</a></li><li><a href="http://mcm-mynonfiction.blogspot.com/2009/01/sounds-of-1967-usa.html">Sounds of 1967 (USA)</a></li><li><a href="http://mcm-mynonfiction.blogspot.com/2010/11/joe-boyd-at-heart-of-folk-rock.html">Joe Boyd: At the Heart of Folk Rock</a></li><li><a href="http://mcm-mynonfiction.blogspot.com/2011/02/when-i-was-young-psychedelic.html">"When I Was Young": The Psychedelic Regeneration of Eric Burdon and The Animals</a></li><li><a href="http://mcm-mynonfiction.blogspot.com/2009/12/pleased-to-meet-you-hope-you-guessed-my.html">Pleased to Meet You, Hope You Guessed My Name: The Rolling Stones at Altamont</a></li><li><a href="http://mcm-mynonfiction.blogspot.com/2009/01/david-bowie-october-1972.html">David Bowie: October, 1972</a></li><li><a href="http://mcm-mynonfiction.blogspot.com/2009/01/led-zeppelin-song-remains-in-past.html">Led Zeppelin: The Song Remains in the Past</a></li><li><a href="http://mcm-mynonfiction.blogspot.com/2009/04/marvelous-marriott.html">Marvelous Marriott</a></li><li><a href="http://mcm-mynonfiction.blogspot.com/2011/01/danny-kirwan-forgotten-man-of-fleetwood.html">Danny Kirwan: The Forgotten Man of Fleetwood Mac</a></li><li><a href="http://mcm-mynonfiction.blogspot.com/2010/10/memory-of-john-martyn.html">A Memory of John Martyn</a></li><li><a href="http://mcm-mynonfiction.blogspot.com/2011/02/jeff-beck-and-rod-stewart-too-many.html">Jeff Beck and Rod Stewart: Too Many Years Apart</a></li><li><a href="http://mcm-mynonfiction.blogspot.com/2009/12/dangerous-evening-with-new-york-dolls.html">A Dangerous Evening with The New York Dolls</a></li><li><a href="http://mcm-mynonfiction.blogspot.com/2009/02/morrissey-past-seems-like-distant-place.html">Morrissey: "The Past Seems Like a Distant Place" </a></li><li><a href="http://mcm-mynonfiction.blogspot.com/2009/05/morrissey-turns-50.html">Morrissey Turns 50</a></li><li><a href="http://mcm-mynonfiction.blogspot.com/2009/07/michael-jackson-burdened-by-talent.html">Michael Jackson: Burdened by Talent, Cursed by Fame</a></li><li><a href="http://mcm-mynonfiction.blogspot.com/2010/07/malcolm-mclaren-cheerful-troublemaker.html">Malcolm McLaren: A Cheerful Troublemaker</a></li><li><a href="http://mcm-mynonfiction.blogspot.com/2011/01/gerry-rafferty-and-baker-street.html">Gerry Rafferty and "Baker Street"</a></li><li><a href="http://mcm-mynonfiction.blogspot.com/2011/12/bert-jansch-humble-alchemist-of-guitar.html">Bert Jansch: Humble Alchemist of the Guitar </a></li></ul><br />REVIEWS<br /><br /><i>Leonard Cohen maintained his poise and earnestness throughout a performance that unfolded over nearly four hours.</i> ("Leonard Cohen: A Philosopher and a Gentleman")<br /><br /><ul><li><a href="http://mcm-mynonfiction.blogspot.com/2011/10/roger-daltrey-giving-unmistakable-voice.html">Roger Daltrey: Giving an Unmistakable Voice to "Tommy" </a></li><li><a href="http://mcm-mynonfiction.blogspot.com/2011/05/tony-bennett-singing-standards-with.html">Tony Bennett: Singing the Standards with Ageless Style</a></li><li><a href="http://mcm-mynonfiction.blogspot.com/2011/04/robert-plant-music-and-joy.html">Robert Plant: Music and Joy</a></li><li><a href="http://mcm-mynonfiction.blogspot.com/2011/03/february-28-2011-eric-clapton-at-rose.html">February 28, 2011: Eric Clapton at the Rose Garden</a></li><li><a href="http://mcm-mynonfiction.blogspot.com/2010/12/leonard-cohen-philosopher-and-gentleman.html">Leonard Cohen: A Philosopher and a Gentleman</a></li><li><a href="http://mcm-mynonfiction.blogspot.com/2010/11/gordon-lightfoot-casting-musical-spell.html">Gordon Lightfoot: Casting a Musical Spell</a></li><li><a href="http://mcm-mynonfiction.blogspot.com/2010/07/jimmy-cliff-soulful-prophet-of-reggae.html">Jimmy Cliff: Soulful Prophet of Reggae</a></li><li><a href="http://mcm-mynonfiction.blogspot.com/2010/05/leon-redbone-eccentric-charm-and-old.html">Leon Redbone: Eccentric Charm and Old-fashioned Talent</a></li><li><a href="http://mcm-mynonfiction.blogspot.com/2010/02/max-raabe-and-palast-orchester-sound-of.html">Max Raabe and The Palast Orchester: The Sound of Vintage Sophistication</a></li><li><a href="http://mcm-mynonfiction.blogspot.com/2010/02/richard-thompson-master-of-music-and.html">Richard Thompson: Master of Music and Mirth</a></li><li><a href="http://mcm-mynonfiction.blogspot.com/2009/12/morrissey-this-charming-man.html">Morrissey: This Charming Man</a></li><li><a href="http://mcm-mynonfiction.blogspot.com/2009/11/ian-anderson-poet-with-guitar-and-flute.html">Ian Anderson: Poet with Guitar and Flute</a></li><li><a href="http://mcm-mynonfiction.blogspot.com/2009/04/arlo-guthrie-minstrel-for-ages.html">Arlo Guthrie: Minstrel for the Ages</a></li><li><a href="http://mcm-mynonfiction.blogspot.com/2009/02/dianne-reeves-voice-of-excellence.html">Dianne Reeves: A Voice of Excellence</a></li></ul><br />POLITICS/HUMAN RIGHTS<br /><br /><i>The repugnant truth is that America killed tens of thousands of defenseless people in Iraq, including many thousands of women and children, in an ill-conceived war that has left a permanent stain on the character of every American who failed to raise a voice in protest.</i> ("The Truth About the War in Iraq")<br /><br /><ul><li><a href="http://mcm-mynonfiction.blogspot.com/2009/04/why-i-choose-pacifism.html">Why I Choose Pacifism</a></li><li><a href="http://mcm-mynonfiction.blogspot.com/2011/07/capitalism-will-destroy-itself.html">Capitalism Will Destroy Itself </a></li><li> <a href="http://mcm-mynonfiction.blogspot.com/2010/04/grievous-and-unforgivable-sins-of-our.html">The Grievous and Unforgivable Sins of Our Leaders</a></li><li><a href="http://mcm-mynonfiction.blogspot.com/2010/09/honoring-martin-luther-king-jr.html">Honoring Martin Luther King, Jr.</a></li><li><a href="http://mcm-mynonfiction.blogspot.com/2010/03/martyrdom-of-oscar-romero.html">The Martyrdom of Oscar Romero</a></li><li><a href="http://mcm-mynonfiction.blogspot.com/2009/01/truth-about-war-in-iraq.html">The Truth About the War in Iraq</a></li><li><a href="http://mcm-mynonfiction.blogspot.com/2010/05/may-2010-new-leaders-in-uk-but-no.html">May, 2010: New Leaders in the UK, But No Change in Afghan Policy</a></li><li><a href="http://mcm-mynonfiction.blogspot.com/2010/07/israel-will-never-be-partner-in-peace.html">Israel Will Never Be a Partner in Peace</a></li><li><a href="http://mcm-mynonfiction.blogspot.com/2010/08/august-2010-war-in-iraq-is-not-over.html">August, 2010: The War in Iraq Is Not Over</a></li><li><a href="http://mcm-mynonfiction.blogspot.com/2010/02/tony-blair-unrepentant-liar.html">Tony Blair: An Unrepentant Liar</a></li><li><a href="http://mcm-mynonfiction.blogspot.com/2010/10/barack-obama-empty-promises-and-false.html">Barack Obama: Empty Promises and False Hope</a></li><li><a href="http://mcm-mynonfiction.blogspot.com/2010/07/obamas-war-in-afghanistan.html">Obama's War in Afghanistan</a></li><li><a href="http://mcm-mynonfiction.blogspot.com/2009/08/murder-of-natalia-estemirova.html">The Murder of Natalia Estemirova</a></li><li><a href="http://mcm-mynonfiction.blogspot.com/2010/08/made-in-china.html">Made in China</a></li><li><a href="http://mcm-mynonfiction.blogspot.com/2011/01/guns-in-america-madness-and-mayhem.html">Guns in America: Madness and Mayhem Without End</a></li><li><a href="http://mcm-mynonfiction.blogspot.com/2011/05/execution-of-osama-bin-laden.html">The Execution of Osama bin Laden</a></li></ul><ul></ul><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8150896406735337630-1498497953944579168?l=ponderingwithintent.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Michael Collins Mortonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05843507391115895498noreply@blogger.com