John Governale

Piku

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 12:03:15 -0400

Yesterday was Pi Day. In belated celebration, I present Piku.

Piku are similar to haiku, except the form is 3, 1, 4 and each poem must have an image or word or action that somehow evokes roundness. See examples here.

Catapult

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:25:15 -0400

A new song, with a video starring Kaleb Cedroni

Paul Sonnenberg

Fri, 19 Feb 2010 14:33:15 -0400

This is part one of a two-part interview with singer, guitarist, songwriter Paul Sonnenberg. The interview was conducted over several weeks in late January, early February 2010.

If you don't know who Paul is, an introduction is in order. Here he is singing "Sigh Heart, Don't Break," which he wrote.

Talk like a pirate

Sun, 03 Jan 2010 11:28:15 -0400

Here, courtesy of the Piratical Linguistic Institute, is a video I made.

The painting is from Howard Pyle's Book of Pirates.

The song is mine.

Triggered

Sun, 03 Jan 2010 11:28:15 -0400

See my daughter-in-law take out - and I don't mean date - my sons, Michael and Daniel.

Best moment? When she knocks the magazine out of Dan's weapon.

Writing a Novel

Fri, 14 Dec 2009 06:54:25 -0400

My son, Joseph, has started a writers guild. Participants, mostly family members, are going to write 120-page novels during 2010 at a rate of 10 pages a month.

Since most of the participants are first-time novelists, I offer here five suggestions they may find helpful.

Midnight Showing

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 15:00:25 -0400

"You look very lonely sitting there all by yourself."

"Uh . . . no. I'm fine, actually," I stammered.

I could not imagine - nor did I want to - what she might say next. There was an empty seat next to me. If she sat down and tried to hold my hand, I wouldn't just get up and move, I would get up and leave. Trouble of whatever sort this was, I didn't need.

Planting Trees

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 21:10:25 -0400

One woman. Seven weeks. 80,000 trees. A friend of mine, Nicola Gladwell, 23, spent May and June of this year in Ontario planting trees. Lots of trees.

Zi6 and Movie Maker Solution

Thu, 20 Aug 2009 17:46:05 -0400

An easy way to edit Zi6 mov files in Windows Movie Maker

Emerald Ash Borer

Sat, 14 Aug 2009 16:54:27 -0400

A song about the emerald ash borer, a beetle that is killing North America's ash trees. The song is prettier than it deserves to be. So is the beetle.