Author Archives: riverwriter

About riverwriter

Poet, playwright, duplicate bridge player, website designer, cottager, husband, father, grandfather, former athlete, carpenter, computer helper for my friends, theatre designer, backstage polymath, retired teacher of highschool English, drama, art, a baritone singer in a barbershop quartet, who knows what else? wordcurrents is on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wordcurrents/ Doug also has a Facebook page, "Incognitio", related to his novels.

The Silence of the Lotus Eaters

We entomb our lives in electronic fortresses. #1082 Continue reading

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Popular posts

I was surprised to learn that some of my posts have been viewed much more often than I realized. I think I installed this feature in April of 2008; so that is when the post count started. The most popular is approaching 10,000 views. I am amazed. Continue reading

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Comment: just a detail

I just wish we could have heard the major parts of The Threepenny Opera that were not belted out. But that’s just a detail in a hockey town. Continue reading

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