The 1% “Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds.” Several years ago, National Geographic Magazine published a story about the bombing of London, during World War II. Of the many striking images, nothing was more eerie and yet inspiring...
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Tonight I Can Write the Saddest Lines by Pablo Neruda Tonight I can write the saddest lines. Write, for example, ‘The night is starry And the stars are blue and shiver in the distance.’ The night wind revolves in the sky and sings. Tonight I can write the saddest lines. I loved...
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Explanations of Love by Carl Sandburg There is a place where love begins and a place where love ends. There is a touch of two hands that foils all dictionaries. There is a look of eyes fierce as a bigBethlehemopen-hearth furnace or a little green-fire acetylene torch. There are single careless bywords portentous as...
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When You Are Old by William ButlerYeats When you are old and gray and full of sleep, And nodding by the fire, take down this book, And slowly read, and dream of the soft look Your eyes had once, and of their shadows deep. How many loved your moments of glad grace,...
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On December 1, 2011 the world learned that Warren Weinstein, a kidnapped American, was in the hands of Al Qaeda, as Ayman al-Zawahiri proudly boasted, stating his demands; and taunting Mr. Weinstein’s family, saying that President Obama had made no effort on Mr. Weinstein’s behalf. It seems that there is no end to this...
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A Personal Journey A few nights ago, my Mother had a heart attack. She is doing better, though still dealing with a wide array of health issues. This afternoon, sitting in her room, watching her sleep, I called my very dear friend Shahnaz. Every time we speak, though separated by thousands of miles, it...
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Sisters We need to mourn with our sisters. We need to mourn for their loss. We need to mourn for their pain. We need to mourn for their death. We need to cry for our sisters. When our sisters have been raped When our sisters have been beaten When our sisters have...
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Perhaps I Should Buy a Purple Bathing Suit? I am turning 50, which I can hardly believe. Aging is not fun, I do not yet hate my neck, (http://thatisallfornow.com/?p=3610) though I imagine that is coming, but I do hate that in the last few months glasses have become mandatory, if I want to order...
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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 24, 2011 and free admission to participating museums, courtesy of the Smithsonian Institute. If you are creative perhaps you can fit in a visit...
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The People’s Business “It’s not the person who wants to arrive at the top; it’s the person who is ready to move ahead. Not to woo, but to move forward. And I think this is also why you are more popular or not. If people think that you serve a cause, they love...
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