Time Remembered

A young milliner, who looks very much like a prince's dead sweetheart, is recruited by his aunt to distract him from his mourning.

Born in 1925, Marjorie Major (nee Pank) grew up in the east coast sea port of Hull. Rather than a life history, these memoires tell stories of particular events, like a Christmas family party, and in so doing capture a true sense of the 1930s and what family life must have been like for many children in England at that time. She also recalls the years of the Second World War when Hull was heavily bombed and her family moved out of the city after several near misses from enemy bombing. These teenage memories give a personal and poignant view of the great world upheaval that was taking place.

I have been writing poetry for eight years and "A Time Remembered" is a collection of some of my poems.

In the late 1970s legendary pianist Bill Evans was at the peak of his career. He revolutionized the jazz trio (bass, piano, drums) by giving each part equal emphasis in what jazz historian Ted Gioia called a “telepathic level” of interplay. It was an ideal opportunity for a sideman, and after auditioning in 1978, Joe La Barbera was ecstatic when he was offered the drum chair, completing the trio with Evans and bassist Marc Johnson. In Times Remembered, La Barbera and co-author Charles Levin provide an intimate fly-on-the-wall peek into Evans’s life, critical recording sessions, and behind-the-scenes anecdotes of life on the road. Joe regales the trio’s magical connection, a group that quickly gelled to play music on the deepest and purest level imaginable. He also watches his dream gig disappear, a casualty of Evans’s historical drug abuse when the pianist dies in a New York hospital emergency room in 1980. But La Barbera tells this story with love and respect, free of judgment, showing Evans’s humanity and uncanny ability to transcend physical weakness and deliver first-rate performances at nearly every show.

Still Another Time, Times Remembered is a collection of stories. Grandma's love created treasures for her family that money simply could not buy. Grandma crafted family heirlooms to pass along to her family, spending many hours of time, in Grandma's Quilt. Grandpa's love of boating, fishing, and crabbing gave Tony, his grandson, plenty of time to spend as a youngster with his grandpa in All Aboard Grandpa's Boat. Dwight's world revolved around a mere few blocks where he lived and attended school. His fantasy world existed from a viewslider, sold in the catalog at Mr. Dugan's store. Come along and travel into Dwight's world in Viewslider Into Travel. Hope is, Hope Always, Hope Eternal tells the story of Henry, who has been in a coma for over four decades. Laura, his devoted wife and mother of the children he knew only as small youngsters, is surprised one day. Hope is a story of the power of love and prayer. Zelda was every student's nightmare at St. Clair's Academy for girls. The Lady in the Black Dress is Zelda's story. Zelda, the witchy windbag eventually transforms after the home economics girls fashion her with a green outfit. From witchy to mellow. My Home has a Motor tells the story of two high school brothers, Carlos and Javier, and their mother Carlotta. The high school boys become homeless, and find a life that is turned upside down. The boys lead a secret life, until an observant coach brings the darkness of their days back into brightness. Jason wanted to be a big boy, and learn to wash his own clothes, just like his older sister. Into the Washer is the exploits of Jason, who learned in his own way from Uncle Zachary, how to wash clothes and somehow Jason ends up in washer land. Jared was a great student, had terrific younger siblings, and an older sister. Jared had parents, grandparents and he had plenty of activities to keep him busy. Life was normal, until he needed to bring his birth certificate to school, only to discover a family secret in the fire safe, in The Lost Boy. Auntie Ruby, Ever the Star highlights the life and times of the bright star that every family has, older sister Ruby. Ruby, with her 'Rubyistics' and unique style comes to life in this story. Passages through Time brings Adam to town, as the new kid. Adam's passion for soccer, will lead him to befriend a mentor, Gum Chew, which will one day help him with life's choices. Oliver wanted to return to his hometown, for his high school thirty year reunion. Pine Country Estates, his old neighborhood and paper route, have changed since boyhood when Oliver started delivering papers. Oliver reminisces the paper route from his bicycle and from his times parked in front of his girlfriend Mindy, in The Paper Boy. Birdy is back once more, flying into to his next adventure in Birdy the Backyard Blue Jay in The Flight for a Fright'. Come along as Birdy's buddies search for his dog friends Le Peep and Helmet, before the dog catches catch them.

Why did American women go to Vietnam? What were their lives like in the war zone, and after they came home?" A Time Remembered" provides answers to these questions and more, and pays tribute to these patriots. Photos.

Born in 1900, Alan Bush, the English composer, conductor and pianist, studied with Corder and Matthay, and privately with John Ireland. He was appointed professor of harmony and composition at the Royal Academy of Music in 1925, a post he held until 1978. In 1929-31, he continued to study at Berlin University and had piano lessons with Moiseiwitsch and Schnabel. The present Source Book documents his works (many of which reflect his Communist sympathies) and the many arrangements of music by other composers. A wealth of detail is provided, including printed scores, CD recordings, bibliographical material and manuscript scores and their locations, the majority of which have been deposited recently in the British Library by the Bush family. A chronology of the composer's life draws on many sources including letters and scrapbooks.