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Monthly Archives: June 2015
July 4th! Yaay! What’s With The 1812 Overture?
by toritto A repost for the 4th of July! Happy 4th!! Tsar Alexander I So Fourth of July is here and we all will be hearing both the Capitol Fourth celebration and the Boston Pops play the final themes of … Continue reading
Posted in history
Tagged 1812 overture, Alexander I, Borodino, French monarchy, god save the tsar, history, July 4th, napoleon, republicanism, russia, serfdom, tchaikovsky, tsarism, war of 1812
13 Comments
11:11
She visits at 11:11 sometimes a.m. mostly p A sudden haunting urges me to look at a clock which must be digital. Dropping by for just a moment only at 11:11 the time, our private denouement I look around and know … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry, Uncategorized
Tagged digital clock, ghosts, haunting, loss, poetry, she's here, spirits, time, widower
3 Comments
The Full Scalia
It’s been a long time since we’ve had a week like this in America. A long time indeed. Conservatives and religious leaders (some of them anyway) are railing over (a) the Supreme Court decision on “Obamacare” and (b) on marriage … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged ACA, current events, health exchanges, John Roberts, Justice Scalia, marriage equality, Obamacare, Supreme Court
3 Comments
You Know You’re Getting Old When….
Originally published three years ago elsewhere Don’t you just love it when something occurs in your life and it suddenly dawns on you – I’m getting old. Of course we all know we are getting older but there always comes … Continue reading
Posted in family
Tagged aging, back ache, changing a flat, flat tire, getting old, Goddess of Aging, laughs, loss of abilities, realization that your old, sweat
10 Comments
While the Marriage War Goes On – A repost for Today
(originally posted April 28, 2014) . So it was a quiet Sunday morning and the “news” shows and “respected journalists” were yammering about whether or not coming out for same sex marriage would help or hurt some particular candidate’s re-election … Continue reading
Sailing Narragansett
remembering Summers in Rhode Island A dim December light breaking dawn of Winter’s night reveals a naked frozen bough hosting a chorus of crows rousing us to morning thick in ice where nothing flows save time alone No match for … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry
Tagged Narragansett Bay, poetry, reminisce, Rhode Island, sailing, summer, Winter. memories, younger days
1 Comment
Buying The Vote
Senator Ben Cardin (D) – Maryland Those of you have given even a couple of bucks to help finance a progressive candidate or support a progressive initiative know how many e-mails you will get forever asking you to donate, call … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged clotrure vote, corporatists, fast track, money in politics, news, petitions, secrecy, TPP, Trans Pacific Partnership
4 Comments
Luigi Galleani and the Bombing of Wall Street
What do you think of when hear the words “Italian American”? Tony Soprano? The Godfather? Mob Wives? Pizza and pasta? Baddabing. Yes I know. These are the media stereotypes foisted upon us. Unfortunately too many think that is really who … Continue reading
Posted in history, Uncategorized
Tagged 1920, anarchist newspapers, anarchists, history, Italian Americans, Luigi Galleani, radicalism, wall street bombing
9 Comments
Tampa Minarets
Most of you who waste your precious time reading me know that I live in a semi-rural area north of Tampa Bay. I’m actually only 29 miles from the Tampa International Airport but my eldest daughter thinks I live in … Continue reading
Posted in history
Tagged British, domes, Florida, Fort Brooke, Henry B. Plant, history, minarets, Plant Park, railroad, Spanish, Tampa, Tampa Bay Hotel, Tocobaga, University of Tampa
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A Morning at Fred Howard Park
Fred Howard Park – Tarpon Springs, Florida Let me sit here for awhile I thought contemplating the morning sea the cloudless sky, the sandy shore all lovely, bathed in light. I really did see it for a moment; now, eyes … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry
Tagged Antonio Carlos Jobim, Astrud Gilberto, beach, beautiful woman, climactic moment, creation, d age, desire, destruction, Girl from Ipanema, memories, poetry. desire, Stan Getz
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