Tag Archives: Hair

Easy to be Hard

Posted on November 15, 2016 by vanbytheriver

I found myself on the steps of Columbia University handing out flyers for presidential hopeful Eugene McCarthy. It was the late 1960’s. I was there for a high school journalism conference, a teenager in New York City for 4 days … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Education, Entertainment, Family, Movies, Music, News, Politics | Tagged 1960's, Blogging, Columbia University, Hair, New York City, Vietnam | 52 Comments

Forty Shades of Grey

Posted on March 2, 2015 by vanbytheriver

It all happened so quickly, I was not sure how to react. Shock, fear, tension, excitement; it was all there. I was not prepared. The room was not red, it was done in earth-tones, and very dark. There was not … Continue reading →

Posted in Beauty, Childhood, Family, Humor | Tagged 40 Something, 50 Shades of Grey, Blonde Children, Brunette, Cruella Deville, Hair, Lifelong Battle, Morticia Addams, Retirement Party, Vanity | 27 Comments

The Heartbreak of Jacques Brel

Posted on October 15, 2014 by vanbytheriver

If there is a more anguished, impassioned performance of a song about love lost; I have never witnessed it. My first experience of Jacques Brel was in an off-Broadway show in Greenwich Village in 1968. I was in NYC for … Continue reading →