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Indian Summer
Indian summer is defined as a period of unusually dry, warm weather occurring in late autumn. It can also mean a period of happiness or success occurring late in life. And it’s a sweet little song by The Doors. I love you, the best Better than all the rest I love you, the best Better… Read more
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The Last Song
The last song I sang cracked in my throat The last words I spoke were too soft to hear The last sun that rose left no shadows The last sun that set illuminated nothing The last time I held you I wasn’t there The last breath I took was not of air The last road… Read more
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Images From Another Medieval Festival
“Nothing is sweeter than love, nothing higher, nothing stronger, nothing larger, nothing more joyful, nothing fuller, and nothing better in heaven or on earth.” Thomas à Kempis, 1420-ish If you were on the very upper west side last Sunday and thought you heard or smelled something a little different in the air, you weren’t imagining… Read more
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There’s A Better World Coming
“You can listen to Woody Guthrie’s songs and actually learn how to live.” Bob Dylan I woke up today feeling helpless and hopeless. There’s something about a madman shooting hundreds of people from a hotel window that breeds helplessness. And something more about living in a country of cowards who bow before the National Rifle… Read more
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CitySketch – Elgin Marbles
“The Parthenon without the marbles is like a smile with a tooth missing” Neil Kinnock Phidias’ Zeus Phidias was a Greek sculptor, painter, and architect whose statue of Zeus at Olympia was one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. This wonder was destroyed during the 5th century AD with details of its… Read more
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