The inspiration this week on Inspire Me Thursday is “child art”. When I was a kid, my family would go to the Jersey shore at Atlantic City. Every time we’d go to the beach, my mom would recite this poem: “When I was down beside the sea A wooden spade they gave to me to …
The inspiration this week on the Inspire Me Thursday blog is “the lost art of letter writing”. February 6, 1964 Dear Pete, Hello, bloke. How’ve you been? I know it’s been about a fortnight since you went to visit your mum. (How is the old bird, by the by?) We haven’t been able to talk …
This is the story of my great-great uncle, Aloysius Josh Pincus, the man for whom I am named. Just prior to the turn of the twentieth century, Aloysius ran the soda fountain at Blehall’s Pharmacy, a sprawling retail establishment housed on the street level of a massive and ornate building at the corner of 14th …
The inspirational word on Inspire Me Thursday is “petals”. Long before Stephen Lynch and Weird Al Yankovic and Allan Sherman, there was Spike Jones. Spike Jones and his City Slickers kept Americans laughing from the early 1940s through the 1960s with his crazy versions of classical and big band standards. In addition to the usual …
The inspirational word on the Inspire Me Thursday illustration website is “family”. Two women meet on the street. “Oh my goodness! How have you been, Mrs. Nolan? How are your sons?” “Well, my sons! Let me tell you! My son Christopher, you know, is a big-shot Hollywood director! Oh, yes! He directed that backward movie, …
The inspirational word this week on the Inspire Me Thursday illustration blog is “umbrella”. When two men share an umbrella, both of them get wet. Michael Isenberg, author
This week’s word of inspiration on inspiremethursday.com is “push”. “Uh, we pushed it already, dipshit.”
The inspirational word on Inspire Me Thursday is “green”. In 1955 for a five-minute puppet show called “Sam and Friends”, Jim Henson created Kermit the Frog from a green ladies’ coat that Henson’s mother had thrown into a waste bin, and two ping pong balls for eyes. From there, he launched a creative empire that stretched …
The word of inspiration this week on inspiremethursday.com is “spice”. Pierre St. Pierre de la Coriander Voss In a remote little spot Of downtown Paree Sits a tiny quaint bistro Know as O Cest la Vie The chef at this place Is renowned for his sauce An ambrosial concoction From Pierre St. Pierre de la …
The inspirational word at Inspire Me Thursday is “key”. “The generation that would change the world is still looking for its car keys.” Drinking on the Job by The Rainmakers (1986)
