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Child Bride Burns to Death Zahra loved the idea of learning And so she juggled, starred in a play Imagine for a second a young child burning Then try to have a normal day Are fresh-picked berries any less sweet? Does the breeze still soothe leaves at dawn? Does the stream not delight my daughter’s...
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Sydney Schanberg 1934-2016 I He chronicled the master of Cambodia’s campaign Captured with camera the politics of pain Pol Pot led the Khmer Rouge bloody reign of terror Schanberg saw the truth, for moments brought us there A small town kid, ‘34, oh what life will yield From working in his father’s store to the...
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Not At All (audio) Two lives, incomplete Then Fate sets the scene: Provides then an empty seat Crowded coffee shop in Queens He was sitting reading “As You Like It” “Excuse me, would you mind If I shared this table? I’ll be quiet.” He knew his line “Not at all” She kept her promise for perhaps...
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On July 7, Jason Russell, while saving his eleven-year-old son, Aaron, died in the waters of Lake Champlain. I can’t stop thinking about that boy. And about us. About forgiveness. It Wasn’t Your Fault A boy swims. Too far. Trouble The ocean, as always, indifferent to struggle A father unskilled dives to the blue Willfully...
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When I was a kid, we had several groves of trees near the house; a cluster of trees on open prairie landscape is like an oasis in the Sahara. Trees are the lifeblood of farm kids. Strangely though, I was also drawn to a lone tree that stood at the end of a half-mile cornfield....
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One of the songs on my upcoming record is called “John, Paul, George, Ringo and Me” (you can listen to an almost completed version here). It’s about how I first heard The Beatles and the continuing effect of that experience. But that’s only part of the story. As Paul Harvey might say, “Page two”. I heard...
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This is a far cry from the same-titled song by the Beatles. (but then, isn’t everything?) Every day, until July 23, I am posting new and old material as a way to promote my Kickstarter campaign. This is the 2nd day in a row of pretty bleak stuff. Tomorrow will be lighter. But then again,...
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“What’s wrong with me!!?” I actually said that out loud the other day. I don’t say it nearly as much as I used to but, still, what’s wrong with me that I would ask that question at all? I was relating this story to my imaginary friend (OK, my therapist; same thing) and he said,...
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While my Kickstarter runs over the next month I will be posting a range of material – sometimes tracks from the upcoming record. I will also be posting audio or video of unreleased tracks. Today it’s “I’m a Lot Like Lincoln“!
