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Sketches of Spain
The first of my sketches from my recent trip to Spain is of Nancy at the window in our room in Granada overlooking the church of Santa Ana. Miles Davis supplies the music from his Sketches of Spain album. Read more
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Thanksgiving 2024
It might seem a little harder than usual this year to find things to be thankful for, but it shouldn’t be. It is in dark times when light means the most. We are all lucky to have evolved on a planet where our type of life is possible. We are the first humans in our Read more
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An Open Letter to Liberals
lib·er·al /ˈlib(ə)rəl/ adjective We lost this time. Not for the first time and not for the last. But we will win again and I believe someday we will win it all. Every time that wheel turns around, it’s bound to cover a little more ground, and backlashes are the major force in American politics these Read more
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Sisters, O Sisters
I’m counting on you, my sisters. Too many of my brothers (especially my fellow palefaces) seem to have given up on freedom, justice, democracy, and even basic decency. Let’s given them all a shot in the arm on Tuesday. It’s never too late to build a new world. We lost our green landWe lost our Read more
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Eulogy
Gladys Jeannotte was born on August 28, 1930, almost exactly three centuries after her pilgrim ancestors first set foot on this land. She grew up on her family’s farm in Dunstable, Massachusetts and I suspect that is where she is now because if you ever heard her talk about the farm, it sure sounded like Read more
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S2L: Surrender 2 Love
“I can hear you laughLooking at a picture from a long time ago.” The picture is a selfie taken in the Piazza Duomo in Siracusa, Sicily. Behind us is the Metropolitan Cathedral of the Most Holy Nativity of Mary (the Syracusa Cathedral to its friends). I can’t look at the picture without smiling. Sometimes a Read more
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