SALLY MORRIS: THE UNTOLD STORY OF THE IRISH IN OUR WAR OF INDEPENDENCE
This has been a fun and exciting weekend - I had the privilege of once again presenting a topic and playing my harp at the Fargo-Moorhead Celtic Festival. Inasmuch as…...
Sally Morris Sundays
Sunday, March 16, 2025
Friday, January 24, 2025
SALLY MORRIS: WRAPPED UP IN THE RED, WHITE AND BLUE - THE STORY OF JOHN PHILIP SOUSA
For many Americans, the ceremonies surrounding the 2025 inauguration of President Trump felt like a kind of homecoming. “America is back!” was the oft-heard slogan. It is perhaps no accident…...
Sunday, September 15, 2024
SALLY MORRIS: THE FRAGILITY OF RACE HUCKSTERS, A REVIEW OF MATT WALSH’S “AM I RACIST?”
In the modern world of “crying closets” and “safe spaces” on college campuses, in a world where grown adults tell other grown adults that they feel “unsafe” or “threatened” by…...
Monday, May 01, 2023
SALLY MORRIS: HE’S “STARTING ALL OVER AGAIN”
In 1967 a new international singing sensation burst upon the scene with a country hit - “Release Me”. He had it all - style, looks and above all a towering…...
Saturday, February 11, 2023
SALLY MORRIS: PUSS IN BOOTS - AN ALLEGORY FOR OUR TIME
For a much needed change of pace I went with my (adult) kids to see Puss in Boots. I would not hesitate to recommend Puss in Boots 2 “The Last Wish”…...
Tuesday, April 06, 2021
SALLY MORRIS: THE DECLARATION OF ARBROATH HAS MEANING TODAY
In case you hadn’t noticed, oppression and subjugation have always plagued mankind. It seems there is always a tyrant somewhere (or a little club of…...
Saturday, April 03, 2021
SALLY MORRIS: EASTER IN MUSIC
It is Easter Sunday! Let us hope that this year we are ready to celebrate fully after a very somber…...
Sunday, March 28, 2021
SALLY MORRIS: THE TENOR FROM PHILADELPHIA
Alfredo Arnold Cocozza was an inspiration to many great artists. Among those whose careers were fired up by him were no less than Placido Domingo, José Carreras, Luciano Pavarotti,…...
Sunday, March 21, 2021
Wednesday, March 17, 2021
SALLY MORRIS: A WIND THAT BLOWS ACROSS THE SEA
Happy St. Patrick’s Day! Today we honor the Irish and the Irish diaspora, including Irish Americans. The Irish contribution to our culture,…...
Sunday, March 14, 2021
SALLY MORRIS: SUNDAY - HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO THE “FATHER OF THE WALTZ”
Because it’s Sunday we get a break from the politics and…...
Sunday, March 07, 2021
SALLY MORRIS: SUNDAY WITH ART VAN DAMME
It’s late on a Sunday afternoon and I’ve…...
Saturday, February 27, 2021
SALLY MORRIS: GO AHEAD! EAT THE LEEK!
It’s Sunday - and I can’t believe it! I thought winter would never come to an end. Well, I don’t want to run up on the ball too much, but…...
Sunday, February 21, 2021
SALLY MORRIS: EL PRINCIPE
Some time back I wrote a memorial to the great Mexican singer, José José (José Romulo Sosa Ortiz), known as “El Principe”, who passed away September 28, 2019. Last night…...
Sunday, February 14, 2021
SALLY MORRIS: A ROCKY TRUE LOVE STORY
It’s Valentine’s Day today. I hope everyone will celebrate it in some way with someone they love. I suggested to a friend whose mom stays in most of the time…...
Sunday, January 31, 2021
SALLY MORRIS: ESCAPE TO VENICE!
It might be helpful to many of us, frustrated as never before with matters of politics and economics, to pause and realize that man has been plagued thusly from the…...
Sunday, January 24, 2021
SALLY MORRIS: CELEBRATING A MAN FOR ALL PEOPLE AND ALL SEASONS
Tomorrow will be the 262nd birthday of the Bard of Scotland, Robert Burns. I know we’ve talked about Burns here before and this year it might be more important than…...
Sunday, January 10, 2021
SALLY MORRIS: MUSIC FROM ANOTHER WORLD - ELISEY MYSIN AND AGAFIA KORZUN
How is it that somehow, just when you absolutely need it the most, a ray of golden sunshine shows up to warm you? So it was for me this week. …...
Sunday, January 03, 2021
SALLY MORRIS: SUNDAY SPECIAL - THE LUMINOUS AUDREY HEPBURN
This is the first Sunday of 2021, so it must be “special”. I suddenly thought of Audrey Hepburn. Don’t ask me why - I really don’t know, but somehow her…...
Sunday, December 20, 2020
SALLY MORRIS: PEACE AND LOVE, 2020
Hello, friends and readers! Merry Christmas! Yeah! Christmas is back! Who’da thought? So since we never know whether the next government will abolish it altogether, as in China or Iran,…...
Sunday, November 29, 2020
SALLY MORRIS: NORMAN ROCKWELL, AMERICA’S MIRROR
Perhaps what we need most today is an antidote to today. Many of us are old enough to remember the Saturday Evening Post. It nearly always had a cover by…...
Wednesday, November 25, 2020
SALLY MORRIS: HAPPY THANKSGIVING (EVEN IF IT IS ILLEGAL)
Tomorrow is Thanksgiving. I hope you will all enjoy a much-needed holiday from the stress of shutdowns and economic crisis, uncertainty, riots and mob violence of all kinds, even personal…...
Sunday, November 15, 2020
SALLY MORRIS: A DREAM REALIZED - THE AMAZING STORY OF RYAN SPEEDO GREEN
One of the most dramatic stories of our time in terms of rebuilding one’s life is that of Ryan Speedo Green. Let’s start with the “before” part of his story. …...
Sunday, November 08, 2020
SALLY MORRIS: HEDY LAMARR - FAR MORE THAN A BEAUTIFUL FACE
Our entertainment world has been graced by many talented and ingenious immigrants. There were many who fled Europe as Hitler brought oppression to his own people and other minorities as…...
Sunday, November 01, 2020
SALLY MORRIS: SHAKEN, NOT STIRRED
NOTE: The following was written last night, October 31, 2020. Today we got the sad news of the death of Scottish actor Sean Connery. He was 90 - hard…...
Sunday, October 25, 2020
SALLY MORRIS: HAPPY BIRTHDAY, JOHANN STRAUSS!
I just realized that today (October 25) is Johann Strauss II’s birthday! So it seems appropriate to honor one of our greatest composers and heroes of our culture today. Besides,…...
Sunday, October 18, 2020
SALLY MORRIS: ITS SUNDAY! THE ICONIC AMERICAN SONGWRITER - IRVING BERLIN
I don’t know about you, but after the past week I’m really needing a break. Last time out I went to the classic movies of the 1930s and 40s and…...
Sunday, October 11, 2020
SALLY MORRIS: IN HONOR OF CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS
Tomorrow is Columbus Day. That’s right. It’s not an error. It is Monday, October 12, and it is Columbus Day. Despite the fact that our law enforcement, state governors institutions…...
Saturday, October 03, 2020
SALLY MORRIS: SUNDAY SPECIAL: THE UNIQUE LIFE AND CAREER OF GEORGE RAFT
Growing up I must admit I watched a LOT of late shows and afternoon matinees on TV. It was great! These were generally vintage movies from the 1930s, ‘40s, and…...
Sunday, September 13, 2020
SALLY MORRIS: SUNDAY SPECIAL - HERB ALPERT
Its a bright and sunny, cool September Sunday - no better time to pause in the day to listen to some great music from a multi-talented performer - the great…...
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