Month: April 2013
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So Far, So Strange
Jeff Thompson played this evocative song at Jubilee! yesterday, a fitting tune for my 70th birthday. Jeff is also the creator of Shit New Age Guys Say, which has gotten almost 300,000 hits so far on YouTube. “So Far, So Strange” by Jeff Thompson Under the unrelenting gaze of who I was in younger days,…
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On Turning 70
Today, on my 70th birthday, I’m recalling the catchphrase we freely cast about during the turbulent years of the late 1960s: “Don’t trust anyone over 30.” I was in my 20s then, unyielding, arrogant, bulletproof (in my mind anyway), and I think we spoke those words not only to set ourselves apart from our elders,…
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Homemade popsicles . . . yum!
Gracelyn and I made and enjoyed yummy homemade popsicles today–lots of nutritious ingredients with no added sugar. Later I found myself thinking that she probably got more essential nutrients from that one popsicle than most U.S. kids get from what they eat in an entire day. 🙁 Today’s recipe started with a cup or two…
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Bill Moyers Essay: The United States of Inequality
“A petty, narcissistic, pridefully ignorant politics has come to dominate and paralyze our government while millions of people keep falling through the gaping hole that has turned us into the United States of Inequality.” –Bill Moyers
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For my daughters, Lilla and Gracelyn
There could never be a father who loved his daughter more than I love you. H/T to Mike Miller for telling me about this song.