Diary of a Dissenter: A Week From My Window

‘When he closes his show with ‘Can’t Help Falling in Love’. . . his song takes on a glow that might make you feel his capacity for affection is all but superhuman.’ — Greil Marcus on Elvis Presley

Glancing Backwards at the Epoch of Enchantment

SATURDAY

It is Christmas Eve and I cannot believe it. I really cannot. I never can, not quite anyway. This day has lost none of its lustre for me, or not much of it anyway, since my childhood. It is one of those days that I do not want to waste a moment of, to immerse myself in so that I appreciate it fully, …