Archive for September 2014
Honored with First Place Poetry Award in Literary Festival
Last Updated on September 23, 2014 by John J. Hohn On the Same Page Literary Festival in West Jefferson, NC, concluded Saturday, September 29th after a session in the Jefferson County Library during which the finalists in the festival poetry, non-fiction and fiction contests read their pieces. I was very pleased that my entry in…
Read MoreMy Fair Lady — Uproarishly Fresh and Engaging
Last Updated on September 15, 2014 by John J. Hohn My Fair Lady, the musical, has been around for years. Several of its songs have become standards. The iconic cast of the 1964 film featuring Rex Harrison, Audrey Hepburn, Wilfred Hyde-White and Stanley Holloway spring to mind as the standard against which all other performances…
Read MoreCatholic Growiing Up — Doubtful Growing Old
Last Updated on June 3, 2020 by John J. Hohn #catholic #religion #mass #catholiceducation #childabuse I was raised Catholic. I look back in amazement to my boyhood when reasoning, educated adults imposed pointless regimentation on children in the name of religion. The Church, gratefully, has changed over the years. But in the early and mid-twentieth…
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