Jay Trott

Author of page-turning novels, poetry, and occasional essays, denizen of the fierce New Hampshire woods, lover of Shakespeare & Bach, husband of Beth.

[Jay Trott @trottskyathome]

In the shadow of the Revolution, love and loyalty collide. https://t.co/9Nla2Jt3De

[Jay Trott @trottskyathome]

@austendaily When I first read this line as a young lad of 19 in 1974 my very first thought was "thank God, there may be hope for me yet."

[Jay Trott @trottskyathome]

@marcthiessen They can froth together.

[James Carran @getpaidwrite]

Sylvester Stallone wrote the script for Rocky while he was homeless and couldn't afford to eat.

But you still think you're "too stressed" to write?

[Jay Trott @trottskyathome]

@TPCarney I hate to say this for fear of being ratioed, but maybe Robert MacNeil. PBS was so different in those days.

[Jay Trott @trottskyathome]

@Bubblebathgirl It definitely is when accompanied by a John Williams score, which has been shamefully neglected in this video.

[Jay Trott @trottskyathome]

@sgorr May be worth noting that Bergman called Ford "the greatest director in the world."

[Mickey Kaus @kausmickey]

Re: Scott Pelley/ @CBS--I've been on staff at magazines when an editor you like is replaced by an outsider you distrust. I've never thrown a fit like Pelley did. That's just not what you do. You make the new person feel at home and then stab them in the back as soon as you can.

[Jay Trott @trottskyathome]

@nypost One thing we can be sure of--they won't point to the Holy Spirit.

[Jay Trott @trottskyathome]

@benryanwriter He's Manfred without a Byron.

[Jay Trott @trottskyathome]

@BretVDB The problem is you have to hear it in your head. It's like saying "someone should write a book in the minddream style of 'The Golden Bowl.'" I'm not sure anyone else could do it.

[Ron Carter @RonCarterBass]

On this day in 1920, violinist Ginger Smock was born. She led her own all-female swing band in the 1940s and made history by appearing on early television broadcasts at a time when opportunities for Black women in music were rare.

Happy birthday, Ms. Smock.

[Jay Trott @trottskyathome]

We put up a cherry ceiling just like this in our Colonial-era house in Connecticut and had similar cabinetry. We called it our "Captain's kitchen." The other rooms had exposed chestnut beams and oak floors above. Chestnut was apparently prized for building in western Connecticut in the second half of the 18th century.

[Planet Roamer @Yum_bite_]

The Fair look of England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[Jay Trott @trottskyathome]

@pensandpoison @athenaeumbc It's sort of like "Tale of Two Cities" in that somewhere around half-way through it starts to soar and then becomes like a steam locomotive.

[Dan @dan_bst]

The sharp eye,
The sharp note...
Wes Montgomery, jazz master.

[Jay Trott @trottskyathome]

@GrantAKaplan @RyanHaecker @jamestalarico This is about the war beteen Plato and Aristotle. Is the good pure negation (pure intellect), or is the good some sort of ratio of intellectual and material causes--i.e., "pure act"?

[Michael Warburton @For_Film_Fans]

The highest-grossing Film of the year and winner of 6 Academy Awards premiered 84yrs ago today.

MRS. MINIVER (1942)

[Jay Trott @trottskyathome]

@TheCinesthetic His funeral speech is astonishing.

[Luiz Santos Official @LuizSantosMusic]

'The real innovators did their innovating by just being themselves.'
- Count Basie #jazz #art #quote

[Jay Trott @trottskyathome]

@Old_But_Gold50s Queen Hillary