The Pretender by Jackson Brown I’m gonna rent myself a house in the shade of the freeway I’m gonna pack my lunch in the morning and go to work each day And when the evening rolls around I’ll go on home and lay my body down And when the morning light comes steaming in...
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My Hurricane Tips A couple of things learned from experience: First of all, take your position in the cone of possibility seriously. If you are being told that you may be impacted by Hurricane Irene, prepare now. Fill your freezer with bottles of water. If you lose power, the extra ice will...
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I Hear America Singing By Walt Whitman I hear America singing, the varied carols I hear, Those of mechanic, each one singing his, as it should be, blithe and strong, The carpenter singing his, as he measures his plank or beam, The mason singing his, as he makes read for work, or leaves...
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The Woman I Am The woman I am Hides deep in me Beneath the woman I seem to be. She hides away From the stranger’s eye- She is not known To the passers-by. She goes her way, The woman I seem, But the woman I am Withdraws to...
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“If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself, but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer defeat.” ~ Sun Tsu ~ The Art of War I Love McDonald’s There are many things that I love...
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In the Middle of this Century by Yehuda Amichai In the middle of this century we turned to each other With half faces and full eyes Like an ancient Egyptian picture And for a short while. I stroked your hair In the opposite direction to your journey. We called to each other, Like calling...
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Where Were You on 9-11? In a few short months, we shall mark the tenth anniversary of the Nine-Eleven attacks. I have previously shared my experience, http://thatisallfornow.com/?page_id=1491, now I would now like to hear yours. Where were you on Nine-Eleven? What do you remember about that day? How did you feel then, and how...
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Two Lives Lost I needed you yesterday. No, I feared that I would need you; and you would not be there. It reminded me of her, oddly, she was there yesterday; but she was not there the day I needed her. You have so much in common. No, that is my delusion speaking. Decades...
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“If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself, but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer defeat.” ~ Sun Tsu ~ The Art of War Nuclear Energy Part II Mid-afternoon, on March 11, 2011,...
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Encounter By Federico García Lorca From Poema Del Cante Jondo (Poem of the Deep South) Neither you nor I are ready to find one another. You . . . for reasons you know. I loved her so much! Follow that narrow path. In my hands I’ve got holes from the nails. Can’t you see...
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