Hurricane Sandy “No one has ever become poor by giving.” ~ Anne Frank ~ The destruction Sandy brought is almost unfathomable. The pictures which now define so many people’s lives and sadly their deaths are horrifically heart-breaking. Our prayers are with you, and we offer our condolences. I know that for many, today we...
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Election Day “Nobody will ever deprive the American people for the right to vote except the American people themselves and the only they could do this is by not voting.” ~ Franklin Delano Roosevelt ~ My ballot is in the mail. For the first time, in my life, I will not be able to...
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“The fantastic advances in the field of electronic communication constitute a great danger to the privacy of the individual.” ~ Chief Justice Earl Warren ~ Privacy? “All human beings have three lives: public, private, and secret.” ~ Gabriel García Márquez ~ I have been thinking a lot about privacy lately. I have never been...
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Maraquita Bound You’re Maraquita bound, looking for old memories? Or trying to make new ones? It doesn’t matter which. When you walk down the street – glance up. See where we lived. See where we loved. My ghost inhabits Maraquita, you cannot easily forget me. Maraquita even sounds like...
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Happy Birthday Juan A couple of years ago, I was walking Merry, my dear dog, at Joy’s, my older sister, and her husband, Juan’s, house. Their neighbor was apparently replacing his windows, and remnants of the project, including the old windows, were strewn around his front yard. When I got back to Joy and...
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This month you can take advantage of two free offers which everyone may enjoy. Unfortunately, they happen to fall on the same day; free admission to National Parks on September 29, 2012 and free admission to participating museums, courtesy of the Smithsonian Institute. If you are creative perhaps you can fit in a...
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Success! Are congratulations in order? You have certainly succeeded where others have failed; accomplishing what I would have thought impossible. How clever you have been, luring me in, with your promises of concern and understanding. Assuring me that I should let my heart speak, permit my mind to wonder, and let my soul...
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Aung San Suu Kyi “I was informed today that my dear wife Suu has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize … It is my earnest hope and prayer that the Peace Prize will somehow lead to what she has always strived for – a process of dialogue aimed at achieving lasting peace in her...
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Where did you go? Where did you go? The person that I thought I knew, the one I understood, who understood me in return. The one with whom I could speak for endless hours, and touch through endless nights. The one who never hurried, and never tired. The one who desired only...
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Marked by Carmen Tafolla M’ija. It is for those who would erase. Make your mark proud and open, Brave, beauty folded into its imperfection, Like a piece of turquoise marked. Never write with pencil, m’ija. Write with ink or mud, or berries grown in gardens never owned,...
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