Tag Archives: Coltrane

Hallelujah Revisited

Posted on November 21, 2016 by marcbeaudin

I remember vividly the first time I heard Leonard Cohen. It was in my room at Squatemala, an anarchist compound of Victorian mansions and carriage houses built by long-dead lumber barons. Over the decades, it had gone feral with broken … Continue reading →

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Hundred Highways Tour #48, 49: M-13, M-84 to Bemo’s Bar

Posted on August 18, 2016 by marcbeaudin

No tour would be complete without a visit to my birthplace of Bay City, Michigan, and a reading at Bemo’s, my favorite Bay City bar (now that the Old Bar is long gone). The show was fantastic thanks in large … Continue reading →

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Hundred Highways Tour #8: MT Highway 3 to the High Plains BookFest

Posted on October 12, 2015 by marcbeaudin

The High Plains BookFest and the High Plains Book Awards presented by the Writer’s Voice and the Billings Public Library are a great reminder of the importance of community in the literary arts. Writers spend so much of their time … Continue reading →