Glenn Winters
Retired classical musician. Pianist, composer/librettost, baritone, lecturer. Husband father, grandfather and beagle owner.
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The Best Things to Smell: a Curated List (opens the original)
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As I grow older and the list of available pleasures in life begins to shrink like the walls of the trash room on the Death Star in Star Wars, I find that the remaining pleasures seem to become more intense.Aromas… scents… smells… (but not so much with odors) are high among these pleasures. I’m sharing my faves with you even though I’ve got 40 more important things I should be doing right now.Thanks for reading! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and
The Deer Departed (opens the original)
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(My historical novel The Vessel is progressing nicely. The research and the writing itself is consuming a lot of my time. But I’ll take a little break here to write a poem I’ve been thinking about for a while.)Thanks for reading! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work.<input class="button primary" type="submit" value="Subscribe"
A Tribute To Genius: The Looney Tunes Writers (opens the original)
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This post could have been a note. But it’s essay-worthy in my opinion.So last night my wife and I went to see Christopher Nolan’s film version of The Odyssey. I’m not reviewing it here, though to get a laugh I’ll repeat the joke I made yesterday in a note.Thanks for reading! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work.<input
What I Would Have Said At My Sister's Memorial Service (opens the original)
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(My sister Juliet Winters Carpenter, a celebrated and distinguished translator of Japanese novels, poetry and other literature, passed away due to a rare form of cancer on May 1 of this year, nine days short of her 78th birthday. I was not invited to speak at her memorial service in Washington state. Those who did (her three sons, one of her lifelong friends, and a minister), only knew her as an adult. Here are a few of my memories of the Julie they never knew.)When you’re the youngest member of
I Have a Favorite Spoon (A new poem) (opens the original)
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