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As snowflakes drift across the Interstate before me Arctic gusts transform them into bubbling brooks and boiling cauldrons
Our sense of comfort in existing s… Cannot be denied, and yet There’s always something more out… Just beyond our comfort zones. Do we dare to seek it out?
Attending Catholic schools as I did for 13 years instills certain ideas into a pers… The nuns and lay teachers assigned us all a Conduct grade
July 19, 2013 Chicago, Illinois On a brutally hot night Ed stood beneath the scoreboard of the ballpark he loves
Inspiration is not an obedient dog that comes whenever it is called or patiently waits around to be shown some attention. Inspiration is closer to a bird
The colors of the Fall So vibrant and unique Today’s kids might even say “Nature’s just on fleek!”
Andre Braugher’s dead While Clarence Thomas lives on. Death picked the wrong guy!
I shall dance no more with rhythmless guilty feet. The saxophone played. George Michael’s “Careless Whisp… Will haunt us all forever.
Sometimes there’s just nothing to… And other times, there’s more than… But in the wake of Jimmy Buffett’… I’m going to try creating new stuf… If I were a big rock star
Europe and North America Are divided by an ocean. Yet both sides now can feel The changes set in motion. The earth is drier and hotter
The governor of Florida at 44 years of age is threatening to unleash an endless supply of rage At those he considers as “woke”
It’s not the death of a person but it is the end of an era for just about every American over the age of perhaps thirty-fiv… Gracing the cover of Sports Illus…
Someone who steals a car and drives it down a city street at speeds not safe for the highway and kills an innocent person two blocks from her own home
Here’s my pocket poem for the year 2024. Since I’ve written it myself I hope that it won’t be a bore. Three stanzas are all I’ve got
They go on TV at night And make all of us laugh. But the best part of it Is irritating T**** by half. He rages at their satire