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Phil Terrana Writes: August 2014
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Sunday, August 17, 2014. The Times They are a-changin'. The Virginian-Pilot Sunday Forum, August 3, 2014. FIFTY YEARS ago Bob Dylan recorded what for many became the standard for the turbulent ’60s. . Most of the politicians he sang about are gone now. So are most of the parents. He was right: “The times, they [were] a changin’.”. The young people he sang to have become today’s politicians, parents and grandparents. . Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). View my complete profile. Postal Service, a novel. World Wi...
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Phil Terrana Writes: Eastward Ho!
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Friday, February 6, 2015. This story was written in 1977, shortly after Kath and I arrived in Kill Devil Hills, NC. Since then we have both made numerous more trips, together and separately, by plane and by car. But this particular journey was the biggest one of all—the one that changed everything. This trip took place in February 1977. Married just two months and unable to find work in Long Beach we had packed all our belonging—a sofa, a table, a desk and a lot of other stuff, and headed east. The point...
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Phil Terrana Writes: March 2014
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Thursday, March 27, 2014. He had the name of a Jewish military hero and the heart of a Jewish princess. Seventy pounds of muscle and sinew wrapped tighter than the string round a top, and all he wanted was to have his hindquarters rubbed and a lap to lay his head on. We had become such good friends that Danielle warned me there was a strong likelihood that Mosh would climb into my bed that night. My first thought was how bad could that be? I knew I’d be going to bed first so I would have first shot...
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Phil Terrana Writes: April 2014
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Monday, April 21, 2014. Ted Williams broke into major league baseball with the Boston Red Sox on April 20, 1939. Because there is so much going on in today’s world and because baseball plays such a minor role in today’s world, that anniversary went unnoticed. Even in Boston, the big news yesterday was today’s Marathon—and that’s all right. Many athletes, today and in the past, as well as singers, actors and other famous “stars” use their celebrity as a ticket to be aloof. Maybe they have ...In World War ...
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Phil Terrana Writes: Hippopotamuses sitting in a church in a jelly jar in a sewing basket
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Tuesday, December 2, 2014. Hippopotamuses sitting in a church in a jelly jar in a sewing basket. This past Sunday, the Virginian-Pilot published an article of mine. Among other things, I was critical of the Internet and the wrong or misleading information found on it. In the original draft I had an oft-quoted remark by Patrick Moynihan concerning facts and opinions, neither of which is in short supply on the Internet. This article came out of that article. My boyfriend says I’m a bitch. 8220;You jerks en...
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Phil Terrana Writes: May 2014
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Sunday, May 25, 2014. Too many hours, Not enough news. CNN didn’t so much fill a need, but rather created a product, and little did they know that someday that product would be bigger than Coke—and even tastier. CNN’s initial broadcast began at 5:00 pm, on June 1, 1980, because even on the first day of 24-hour news, there was only about five hours of news to relate. Today, the airways are saturated with cable news programs. There was a time when men and women went to Washington to do something. Peopl...
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Phil Terrana Writes: November 2014
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Thursday, November 13, 2014. Republicans Take a Look at Day and Night—and don’t like what they see. Today, Republicans in the halls of Congress have taken a stance on the controversial issue of day and night. Early this morning, shortly after daybreak, Republican leaders convened behind closed doors before emerging moments later to speak to reporters. 8220;We don’t like the day,” said one. 8220;We used to like it; the way it used to be; but we don’t like it anymore.”. 8220;Too light,” added another.
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Phil Terrana Writes: September 2014
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Saturday, September 27, 2014. Here Today, Gone Tomorrow,. 8212;It Won’t Be the First Time. In discussing the proposals to battle the effects of global warming, specifically ambitious carbon reduction, Thomas Donohoe, president of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce said, “There is no way this can be done without fundamentally changing the American way of life.”. My guess is it is the last one. We continue to think, as Jerry Lee Lewis expressed so aptly a half century ago—Has it been that long? That was a cave m...
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Phil Terrana Writes: May 2015
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Wednesday, May 20, 2015. Oliticians have devoted all their efforts in regard to campaign finance reform to getting an edge rather than solving the problem. But it is also about learning a bigger lesson: Fix problems when they are still fixable. I have to admit when Wright’s problems first surfaced, I concluded for myself that he was nothing more than another crook who had used the system for his own personal gain. But then I read an article written by him for Harper’s Magazine. This is choking off the we...
