BACK ON OUR TOES
By Glenny Brock
T.S. Eliot said April was the cruellest month, what with all the lilacs bred from dead land and the one part-memory, one part-desire cocktails. e.e. cummings countered that worse followed the bad: “even after april by god there is no excuse for may,” he said. Me, I hate January – the frigid month is only improved by the annual Alabama Dance Festival. The numerous performances by the Bridgman Packer dance company and dozens of local and statewide dance organizations are worth braving the below-freezing temperatures, as is the retrospective exhibit by NALL now at Matt Jones Gallery in Lakeview.
Otherwise, you could stay inside and study history, or take some pointers from J’Mel Davidson about what it takes to make it as a writer. Engaging in either of those activities is liable to decrase your apathy or increase your appetite.
In any case, protect your health – it’s not easy being green in any sense of the word.
