Theodore (Ted) Putala(But) Any attempt to possess some kind of self -righteousness in values is going to fall flat on…Time… you don’t even want to time to go by. You’ve ceased understanding it.1 min read·Apr 13, 2024----
Theodore (Ted) PutalaYou’d want writing to be a simple matter, the keeping of an orchard, the blossoms come, the fruit…But sometimes with the fruit of the vine, the ripening, the plucking, the pressing and the making of the wine there are complications…1 min read·Apr 13, 2024----
Theodore (Ted) PutalaWriting and Values.From the continuing series of Self Interviews. April 10, 2024, a week after my mother’s passing.6 min read·Apr 11, 2024----
Theodore (Ted) PutalaWhen I think of the most profound deep emotional reactions that one can have, I think of lines from…Let’s take Hamlet. His early dialog with Gertrude from which the phrase “customary suits of solemn black,” springs from. Ongoing, the…4 min read·Apr 6, 2024----
Theodore (Ted) PutalaI was a kid when I started reading Hemingway.Theodore J Putala3 min read·Mar 9, 2024----
Theodore (Ted) PutalaWell, I’ve had to deal with her my whole life, so of course there is meaning, of some kind, in that.Theodore J Putala7 min read·Mar 9, 2024----
Theodore (Ted) PutalaSpecial thanks & editorial gratitude to Benj DeMott, FirstoftheMonth.org,There’s the thought, maybe I should grow out of my MacGowan loving phase anyway… for my own good. Grow up, as my brother tells me…8 min read·Mar 2, 2024----
Theodore (Ted) Putalahttps://www.firstofthemonth.org/the-view-from-above-and-down-in-the-groove/?fbclid=IwAR3vOeq1SQlURuL1 min read·Mar 2, 2024----
Theodore (Ted) PutalaDecember 20, 2020 (republish here)The smell of woodsmoke from the houses. Trees bare to their bark, sidewalks along shrubs cleared of leaves, the still cool standing…32 min read·Jan 26, 2024----
Theodore (Ted) PutalaWhen I became a paying member here, my old account didn’t transfer.1 min read·Jan 26, 2024----
