“Beneath Surfaces” I learned about “layers of meanings” in Jonathan Swift’s “Gulliver’s Travels.” On its surface were adventures, but it held deeper lessons about human personalities and characteristics—valuable knowledge for a charity case, affected by others’ moods. My foster home daddy had been gassed by Germans during World War I . He taught me to sing because he couldn’t. Sometimes on Saturday we listened to Wagner’s operas broadcast from New York City. I learned of Siegfried, who I decided to be when I grew up. He was almost invincible. I was sick a lot. “Wagner’s music will stir your soul,” Daddy Holzclaw said. Continue enjoying reading the Oz books for now. Consider them Ozmosis!” (He improvised and emphasized fancy words for me to expand my vocabulary, which continues to stretch.)
Posted on: Wed, 31 Dec 2014 01:47:24 +0000
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