Larry Mellman
larrymellman.bsky.social
Larry Mellman
@larrymellman.bsky.social
author, "The Ballot Boy" trilogy, extricating myself from the 14th century to write a mystery set in the 20th c. Opera lover, Venice-phile (lived there for five years, hence The Ballot Boy), gay, living in St. Paul Minnesota.
Liszt's last piano pieces encroach on the abstract. The reveries of a mad monk. "Funeral Gondolas" says it all. www.youtube.com/watch?v=tB1Y...
F. LISZT - La Lugubre Gondola S.200/1 (France Clidat)
YouTube video by pianobern69
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January 15, 2026 at 6:20 PM
The many faces of Buddy
December 27, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Season's Greetings
December 24, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Cheers, from the way back archive
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I love river birch. I always wanted a jacket like their bark in winter.
December 6, 2025 at 10:45 PM
A bevy of trumpeter swans on layover. An old man (even older than me) said he's never seen so many gather at Lake Phalen. He counted 41 and then five more came in for a landing. Photographers with real cameras had a field day.
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Magic carpets
November 9, 2025 at 8:04 PM
The Ballot Boy trilogy, available from NineStar Press and Amazon.
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Autumn flames out
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