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Unleashed and uncorked
I have unleashed one thing and uncorked anotherbut I’m stillquite aware of what I’m going throughI have finished one thingand unfinished anotherEverything is getting oldand everything is newEverything that you are toldsends a message throughWe can do what we are toldwe can do something newWe can build a new storyout of pieces ofmemoriesmelted in butterSeen… Read more
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42 years and 19 jobs later…
…I am limping toward that finish line of working life: retirement. I moved to NYC in 1984 to work at the Legal Aid Society located on Lafayette Street in lower Manhattan, six blocks away from the job I am retiring from. Since then I have lived in four of the city’s five boroughs (sorry Staten… Read more
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The Ones You Need To Watch Out For
People who see kindness as weakness are the ones you need to watch out for. They are so weak, so susceptible to fear and corruption, that bad people can easily coerce them into accepting cruelty as a necessary evil. Read more
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to watch the blizzard
The snowflake on your eyelash made me smileand the ones that settled on the fabric of your coatsparkled like sequinsAnd when you got homeyou put your wet thingson the radiator to drythen you settled in witha cup of tea and acontented look in your eyeto watch the blizzardand dream of springtime Read more
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Pistachios and Licorice
Food is not the first thing that comes to mind when contemplating the Grateful Dead but there are two foods in particular that make me think of them. Pistachios and licorice. Pistachios because of Bob Weir and licorice because of Jerry Garcia. The incident with the pistachios came in answer to the question, “Has success… Read more
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The Patron Saint of Beekeepers and Epilepsy
The story goes that a priest (or bishop) in Rome (or Terni) was under house arrest and was speaking with a judge about Jesus when the judge’s blind daughter came in. The judge said he would do anything for the priest if he could restore her sight. The priest laid his hand on the girl’s… Read more
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