April 2025
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Still Marching After All These Years
I think there’s a weapon of cynicism to say, ‘Protest doesn’t work. Organizing doesn’t work. Y’all are a bunch of hippies. You know, it doesn’t do anything,’ because, frankly, it’s said out of fear, because it is a potent force for political change. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez I have been to a lot of rallies over the Continue reading
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Somebody Somewhere
If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading. Lao Tzu I have always been a stumbler. I create lofty plans regarding where I want to be and what I need to do to get there only to see my journey become a series of accidents, pitfalls, switchbacks, and wrong Continue reading
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How Old Am I
If I had to choose just one dayTo last my whole life throughIt would surely be that SundayThe day that I met you George David Weiss “How old am I?” She looked up from her book. “What?” “I said, how old am I?” “Don’t be silly. You know how old you are.” “I want you Continue reading
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This I Shout Loudest: Scenes From the Resistance
Get up, stand up, Stand up for your rights. Get up, stand up, Don’t give up the fight. Bob Marley In Big Yellow Taxi, Joni Mitchell sang, “You don’t know what you’ve got ’till it’s gone.” Although she was singing about the environment, she could have just as easily written the song about our American Continue reading
Can You Hear Me Now 