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An Art Musing – A Thanksgiving Portrait of a Grandson in Yellow
An Art Musing - A Thanksgiving Portrait of a Grandson in Yellow *** This photo I cherish, taken more than a decade ago, was a quick snapshot of one of my young grandsons I just happened to glance at as I was taking photos of the rest of the room crowded with family for Thanksgiving. For there, in...
After a while, My Eyes Turned Back to the Driver, Perhaps to Ask Something, but I Stopped from Speaking Because the Driver was Gently Wiping a Tear from Her Eye – A Gesture Tender and Meaningful, Dimming all Prior Images and Thoughts of Her into this One Gesture
*** After a while, My Eyes Turned Back to the Driver, Perhaps to Ask Something, but I Stopped from Speaking Because the Driver was Gently Wiping a Tear from Her Eye – A Gesture Tender and Meaningful, Dimming all Prior Images and Thoughts of Her into this One Gesture *** In Jersey City, on that...
Christmas Ornaments Upon the Tree & Their Roots and Reflections Within Us
Christmas Ornaments Upon the Tree & Their Roots and Reflections Within Us In November 2021, I posted about the first Christmas after our daughter and family moved from Los Angeles, about four years earlier. (See RESOURCE SECTION at end of post.) When they moved - unfortunate and sad for us,...
Ronald J. Baker – February 19, 1947 – April 25, 2025 – A Close & Cherished Friend, a Soulmate, Who I Miss Very Much
Ronald J. Baker - February 19, 1947 - April 25, 2025 - A Close & Cherished Friend, a Soulmate, Who I Miss Very Much *** Foreword In 2017, Ron's wife, Laurie, was planning a big shindig for Ron's 70th birthday. It was going to be on February 1, and I was not going to be able to attend, as I had...
In the Home Depot Parking Lot, a Young Man with His Phone in His Hands, Watched Something in the Sky Moving Above Him and He Took Pictures. I Looked Up. The Late Afternoon Sky Was Alive with Flocks of Birds. He Said He Loved Watching Birds.
In the Home Depot Parking Lot, a Young Man with His Phone in His Hands, Watched Something in the Sky Moving Above Him and He Took Pictures. I Looked Up. The Late Afternoon Sky Was Alive with Flocks of Birds. He Said He Loved Watching Birds. *** The refrigerator/ freezer in our garage stopped...
Maxim: It was right at the time when you wrote a letter about Nazism, the burning of books, and after books, the burning of people. We were in Berlin at Humboldt University Square and saw a small memorial about this historical event. It was very helpful to think about it again. – Максим: Саме в той час, коли Ви написали листа про нацизм, спалювання книжок і після книжок, спалювання людей. Ми були в Берліні на площі універсітета Гумбальда і бачили невеличкий меморіал про цю історичну подію. Це було дуже корисно, знову думати про це.
Featured Photo: On the night of 20-21 August, Russia launched a missile strike on Mukachevo. The missiles hit a civilian business, the America Flex plant. It was reported that 19 people had been injured in the attack. Головне фото: У ніч з 20 на 21 серпня Росія здійснила ракетний удар...
Three Long-time Older Friends Taking Their Daily Walk Holding Hands, One with a Cane, Their Usual Fourth Companion I Had Passed Earlier, as She Hurried Along the Sidewalk to Get to Church on Time
Three Long-time Older Friends Taking Their Daily Walk Holding Hands, One with a Cane, Their Usual Fourth Companion I Had Passed Earlier, as She Hurried Along the Sidewalk to Get to Church on Time *** One Saturday while on a morning walk, I saw up ahead an older couple with an older friend who I...
This Man, this Massive Mound of Flesh, Said to Come and Say Goodbye Before I Left & Years Before He was Born, When the Time Came for Another to Leave, for Us to Say Goodbye, I held Him Gently and Close
This Man, this Massive Mound of Flesh, Said to Come and Say Goodbye Before I Left & Years Before He was Born, When the Time Came for Another to Leave, for Us to Say Goodbye, I held Him Gently and Close *** ... he said to come and say goodbye before I left. I knocked softly twice and opened the...