We don’t wail for the dead; we wave the flag of a country that might never exist and bellow our optimism: from the river to the sea, Palestine will be free. I’ve never been an organiser at these things, never sat on any committees, never marched at the front, but when the missi...
advanced. it is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us---that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion; ...
This is not the Thanksgiving piece I intended to write, but this year I’m grateful and lucky simply to be alive. I’ve been hospitalized 3 times this fall. The first time I had double pneumonia. My lungs were a total white out when I was admitted. Lungs are supposed to be black o...
And now always will be. I found out Bob died when our friend Ralph read it in the Alumni Magazine and called me. Bob had already been dead for 5 months. I’m still in shock. I keep thinking I should do the right thing -like Bob would have- and write his wife. I can’t. I ...
Back in 1996, Diana Ross did multiple on-set costume changes, sangStop in the Name of Love,Baby Love,You Can’t Hurry Love,Why Do Fools Fall in Love,Chain Reaction,Reach Out & Touch Someone’s Hand,Ain’t No Mountain High Enough,I Will Surviveand then got airlifted out of the Sun...
birthday at Christmas. I will update with a picture a little later of the one year old. I love that this activity will be a new story from the Bible and the neat puzzle that goes with it telling the real meaning of Christmas and why we celebrate. It is something parents can use from...
At times we may have moments of uncertainty but if we allow ourselves to take a leap of faith, we will begin to have a new perspective on life, explore new things and continue to develop. The powerful lyrics to Donald Lawrence’s “Just Like the Air”is a great reminder about the prom...
I’m grateful to say that I am that one of those lucky people. There is much I want to tell you and much I want to share — but I’ve been so crippled by pain and fatigue that I’m just going to have to share things in bits and pieces. I hope you will continue to bear with...
who have told me that they are simply going to stop reading the news for the next few years. That is also a way to cope; it is not one I choose, because I prefer to face what is going on, but people have different tolerances and what I want most for people is that they survive...
Walking on, we encountered a group of older musicians singing the Lennon/McCartney song “In My Life”: “There are places I remember, All my life, though some have changed, All these places had their moments.” The lyrics brought tears to my eyes and prompted me to place a few bills ...