May 2009 Camilo y Celia – What is in a Name? ‘Tis but thy name that is my enemy; Thou art thyself, though not a Montague. What’s Montague? It is nor hand, nor foot, Nor arm, nor face, nor any other part Belonging to a man. O, be some other name! What’s in...
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April 2009 Sausalito Sunsets Not soon, as late as the approach of my ninetieth year, I felt a door opening in me and I entered the clarity of early morning. One after another my former lives were departing, like ships, together with their sorrow. And the countries, cities, gardens, the bays of seas...
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March 2009 Camille and Jean The Immaculately Dressed Bingo Buddies This ain’t a song for the broken-hearted. No silent prayer for the faith-departed. I ain’t gonna be just a face in the crowd. You’re gonna hear my voice, when I shout it out loud. It’s my life. It’s now or never. I ain’t...
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February 2009 Youth “There are two lasting bequests we can give our children. One is roots. The other is wings.” ~ Hodding Carter II ~ It was the pictures which first gave away her secret. Allison was in love, or maybe just in very deep like. Allison had sent me several links,...
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January 2009 Happy Birthday Luis! “Luckily, we had brought plates, silver, linen, blankets, and ashtrays with us from the States, and we were able to shop for American goods at the embassy PX.” ~ Julia Child ~ My Life in France The after Christmas cleaning is finished. The village has been...
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December 2008 Family The family. We were a strange little band of characters trudging through life sharing diseases and toothpaste, coveting one another’s desserts, hiding shampoo, borrowing money, locking each other out of our rooms, inflicting pain and kissing to heal it in the same instant, loving, laughing, defending, and trying to figure out...
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November 2008 Still Dreaming Not only is another world possible, she is on her way. On a quiet day, I can hear her breathing ~ Suzanna Arundhati Roy ~ We have come to Washington D.C., on our annual road trip to New England, for Thanksgiving. This year, we are staying in Annapolis,...
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October 2008 There are no Foregone Conclusions Go Vote Even if You are Voting for the Other Side Independence Hall, Philadelphia Pennsylvania, the room where the Declaration of Independence was born “Dewey Defeats Truman” The Chicago Daily Tribune – November 4, 1948 President Harry S. Truman has always been one of my...
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In Memoriam David Paul Cooper “‘Can you not drive off death? I will give all my possessions for a moment more of time.’ Queen Elizabeth of England cried out to her maids of honor, on her deathbed.” When Death Comes by Keith Harris Once again, I have found myself sitting...
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A Hero Where have all the good men gone, and where are all the gods? Where’s the street-wise Hercules to fight the rising odds? Isn’t there a white knight upon a fiery steed? Late at night I toss and I turn and I dream of what I need. I need a hero. I’m holding...
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