Moving on with Life (Mine) Warning: You may not care about what experiences I’ve personally gleaned during my march towards my life’s pre-determined completion date, this would be a great time to stop reading; it will probably be one of the few times in my life where I have placed myself in command of another’s…
Hi everybody, da harv here. Thanks for joining me. Oftentimes, the toughest assignment for an actor is to remain natural. Many years ago as a young teacher, I was warned by my mentors to try to stay away from asking a student to be themselves. Many students didn’t have a clue to who or what…
“The Best Laid Plans of Mice and Men” The poem was first written by Robert Burns, the Scottish Shakespeare. “The best laid plans of mice and men” comes from a poem entitled “To a Mouse” by Robert Burns. The expression was then popularized by the 1937 novel, Of Mice and Men, by John Steinbeck. In…
Fond Memories Ethel Waters was born in 1896. My father, Charles Kalmenson, was born in 1902. Harvey Kalmenson, that would be me, came along in 1933. I have many fond memories of the wondrous roads I’ve been lucky enough to trespass on during my life to date. I use the depiction as that of a…
Thinking about stuff Along our way Yours Mine Perhaps theirs With or without a sigh Many might say, “who cares” Not I He, she, man or woman Not withstanding Rarely a smile Often a pout None bearing influence Void of clout Free from saying what they mean They spoke during the year 650 BC. It…
One morning I was asked, by a kid looking into a mirror, “What’s a trait?” That kid was me. Once again, I was guilty of a game I had devised many years prior to that morning; it’s called self-appraisal. An aside: Folks, if da harv was miraculously given a gift of pride, over his human…
If you need a disclaimer, here it is: I can probably guarantee that what follows will be almost impossible for you to understand. I, for certain, can’t explain the true meaning or creative effectiveness of my thoughts having been turned into an honest appraisal of their meaning. After all, my old gold stories stem from…
The date yesteryear was 1770 Or was it Known to all These 13 colonies The Revolutionary War Upon them Taxes too much Jobs too few Similar from yesteryear For me and for you Infamy in a way Our American future Then as now, it seems People having split dreams Or baffled by life With its…
A proud and emotional remembrance… What follows will be recognized as a coinage by that of this man—now known to a fair chunk of our voiceover world as “da harv”. I refer to my “lead-in”. The term “lead in”, many years ago, was described by a prominent actor as the purest of precious metals known…
It’s come and gone But this day of togetherness Will linger on Not only those who served We’re all veterans of America Reaping glory In what the founders prescribed Within our country’s Constitution “Independence Day” Hip, hip, Hurray!!! As being lived by da harv – HK – There is just nothing like being surrounded by…