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Sicilian Sketchbook #3 – Agrigento
The third and final installment from my Sicilian sketchbook comes from Agrigento in the southwest of Siciliy, home to the Valley of the Temples. It’s two months since we left and the memories, the feelings of calm and joy, are already starting to fade. But the temples, dating back to the 5th Century B.C., aren’t… Read more
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A Million Dreams – Part II
I woke up with these words in my head last week and posted them as a poem. I considered it kind of a silly post but the funny thing is within a couple of days it was one of the most viewed posts in my two years of blogging. At the time I knew they… Read more
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A Million Dreams
If I had a million bucksI would give it all awayAnd run naked through the woodsJust to have something to do If I had a million dreamsI would spend a million yearsTrying to make them all come trueMaybe I already do If I had a million wordsI would weigh them on my tongueTrying to find… Read more
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Perfect Day
In 1972, Lou Reed wrote and recorded a song called “Perfect Day” for his album Transformer. It was released as the B-side to “Walk on the Wild Side.” I think anyone who’s had a perfect day can relate to its simplicity. I was going through a box of photos, looking for something else, when I… Read more
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The Artists’ Prayer
When I was small, I prayed. It connected me to something bigger than myself. Henry Miller prayed to a different god than the one I grew up with. We all pray to our own gods and goddesses. In 1934, the Apollo Theater opened in Harlem. Babe Ruth, in his last year as a Yankee, hit… Read more
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Two Hearts Beat As One
“Say I’m a fool, you say I’m not for youBut if I’m a fool for you that’s something” I saw U2 at the Garden Monday night and was reminded again of how similar a rock concert is to a Christian mass. Bono – following in the footsteps of singers like Little Richard, Jerry Lee Lewis,… Read more
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