Posted in Ted Allan, books, this blog, what I do on Apr 14th, 2010
My father used to say that Norman Bethune was the most exciting person that he every new (as an introduction to discussing Bethune). My father, Ted Allan, was the most exciting person that I ever knew…
I have posted 13 chapters of a (20 chapter) biography… and more are coming.
The first chapter, (The Pen as Sword:
Ted [...]
In her mid-twenties, when Heather left a “restrictive” relationship, she decided that she wanted to celerbrate her body. Among the things she did to validate her body was to pose at a “life” class I attend.
Then she got a diagnosis of breast cancer, underwent a mastectomy and chemotherapy.
“Heather’s mastectomy” is a series of twelve drawings/painting [...]
Posted in books, humor, pipedreams illustrations, trivia on Jun 6th, 2008
Someone should read my novel!
Pipedreams was my hippie fairytale. Was? Is!
Written in the 1970s (all of them years – an epic, later pruned
and rewritten in the 90s)
Illustrated (by myself and others)
My friend, Willie, thought it was splendid, and funny. Better than the Magus (and that’s some praise).
I wonder how it reads today. Read [...]
Posted in books, this blog, trivia, what I do on Oct 29th, 2007
I’ve edited the first chapter of my autobiographical writings, a bit (it doesn’t ramble verbosely quiet as much to start). Take a look
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please write to me at normanallandr@yahoo.ca
www.normanallan.com
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Ted Allan, a biography; chapter 15, Genevieve
A few years back I wrote a biography of my father, the dramatist, Ted Allan.Then a short while ago I took it down off the internet to re-edit it, and I’m putting it back up chapter by chapter. Today I’ve posted a draft of chapter 15 which is about [...]
Posted in Drama, Ted Allan, books, theatre on Oct 18th, 2007
Ted Allan, a biography; chapter 14, Sex
“Ted’s favorite things were work (writing) and women. However, when he was younger, sex was not a simple pleasure.”
A few years back I wrote a biography of my father, the dramatist, Ted Allan.Then a short while ago I took it down off the internet to re-edit it, and I’m [...]
