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Beyond the Blue

I have been posting pretty regularly for the last thirty days. My Kickstarter campaign ends tomorrow and while it looks as though it will fall short, I hope you have enjoyed these songs and poems. The songs will eventually end up on a future record and I hope to publish the poems some time. The...

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Roast Beef, Well Done

Every Sunday throughout my childhood, my mother made roast beef. It was always well done. Well done. My mother was, by any standards, a great cook. Her pies were the envy of our neighbors. Her bread and biscuits were light, airy and addictive. Her mashed potatoes and gravy hit the high peaks of sacred succulence. But we...

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Berlin, 1942

On January 20, 1942, 15 high-ranking Nazi Party and German government officials gathered at a villa in the Berlin suburb of Wannsee to discuss and coordinate the implementation of what they called the “Final Solution of the Jewish Question.”   EVERYTHING SLIPPED FROM VIEW High on the Rhine where the officers dined The day was...

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The Night Cafe

The Night Cafe The Night Cafe Vincent Van Gogh What else to say? Where would words go? Le Cafe de Nuit (how bad my French is) It speaks to me (Christ I’m pretentious) It’s seventy kilometers It hangs at Yale It’s….oh God I’m not sure.. Words will fail Am I a critic? Here I stand...

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Lois Lane RIP

Noel Neill 1920-2016 Noel Neill played Lois, a reporter who wore pearls And pretended not to notice just who saved the world As a child, to be a journalist was her ironic plan Then her life took a turn and thus Iconic Man His entrance always casual straight after ascent His absence was fantastical, she...

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July 6

July 6 Have you seen the reviews for July the Sixth? Yays and boos. Decidedly mixed. John and Paul meet, the world is ecstatic But Anne Frank retreats up to the attic First Republican Party Convention They start perfecting the art of no dissension Richard the Third resorts to force In a few words, the...

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Three Little Pigs

I finished this song a few weeks ago and love singing it. I especially love singing it with Molly Watkins and Susan Dillard (who also really knows her way around a kazoo). You can watch us here, on Vimeo. Thanks to Tom Adams for the video. Until July 23, when my Kickstarter completes, I am posting new...

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