I’ve given lip service for a long time that what I need and want matters. That I matter. Often I’d pronounce what I want or need and then look around slyly for permission or approval. Then I would feel shame for acting on what I need or want if it made other people uncomfortable in any… [Read more…]
December 23, 2011
Never There by Cake (Great fan video) I need your arms around me, I need to feel your touch I need your understanding, I need your love so much You tell me that you love me so, you tell me that you care But when I need you baby, you’re never there On the phone long,… [Read more…]
December 17, 2011
I’m an educated, elitist, liberal, progressive, secular Yankee. And I am damn proud of it. My heroes are other Yankees like Teddy Roosevelt, Ben Franklin, Rudy Giulani, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Sam Clemens, Walt Whitman and Jon Stewart. I’m tired of GOP politicians and revisionists of southern history denigrating my rich heritage. Yankees fought to preserve the Union… [Read more…]
December 10, 2011
Not long ago the U.S. manufactured things. Not so long Americans built things. The world’s best steel, rubber, electronics (and toasters and televisions and glassware and hardware…etc…etc…etc) rolled off assembly lines all of the United States. We utilized the underemployed and unemployed to build national parks and new cities. American engineers and companies built dams, bridges, locks,… [Read more…]
December 9, 2011
For a father there are little moments of unadulterated terror. For teen fathers it is all terror – at least for me. You see the life you imagined dissolving into the life you’ve chosen. I’m not complaining – my daughter was the single best gift of my life – but the reality is nothing can… [Read more…]
December 8, 2011
As far back as I can remember I was bullied in school. I read science fiction, comic books and poetry. I drew, painted and wrote. I was principled, upbeat and cared about people, animals and nature. I spent many hours exploring the woodlands behind my house in New York. I was also shy, immature and lonely.… [Read more…]
December 4, 2011
Save a life – learn about the Continuous Chest Compression CPR from the Mayo Clinic. Please save a life by passing it on. You can use the tools at the bottom of this page to share it on Facebook, Twitter and a bunch of other types of social media. _______________________ Mayo Clinic Presentation of Continuous… [Read more…]
December 3, 2011
I’m exhausted: physically, mentally and emotionally. And truthfully, that is not a bad thing. What is keeping me going is a spiritual experience I’ve been embracing. I know corny. Especially considering that I’m agnostic. Probably….I think. Which, if you’ve been paying attention at all, is consistent with most of my life: a belief in something greater than myself and… [Read more…]
December 3, 2011
Still one of my favorite things I’ve written in the last 12 months. It is All here. I turn my back. The Wind whispers poetry and passionate promises through Her riggings. She needs Him. Her love and passions are unconditional. Unquenchable.I look toward the sea and the Grace moored. Flags buffeted by the salt air… [Read more…]
December 3, 2011
I don’t know about you, but every now and then, I need a reminder. Amazing Grace, how sweet the sound, That saved a wretch like me…. I once was lost but now am found, Was blind, but now, I see. T’was Grace that taught… my heart to fear. And Grace, my fears relieved. How precious… [Read more…]
January 7, 2012
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