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The Bagpiper
I’ve seen him before perched on a high rock in Central Park mewling a song… bagpipes weeping telling their story at daybreak. It’s a sad sound one can’t help but to slow down for. It makes me think of...
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Ten Things You May Not Know
1) Out of the 3000 people who died at The World Trade Center (323 firefighters), 1100 were never found…bones and all disappearing into the earth’s atmosphere. 2) Theodore Roosevelt, out of 42 American...
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Staying Where Your Feet Are
This may become my epitaph if I can ever hone the skill. It’s a 12 Step expression encouraging you to stay present not drifting too far into the future. The practice of mindfulness may sound easy, but...
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Awaiting The Outcome
Anne Lamott said quoting Paul Tillich, the opposite of faith is certainty. In other words, we always think we know what’s what as if we’re chronically writing a screenplay. The truth is, we know...
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Peace Interrupted
It’s Sunday, the day I usually reserve for peace of mind leaving my problems till Monday. I’ve had a very stressful week right up till some woman in the Food Emporium pushed my things out of her way...
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Thoughtful Up The Avenue
I’ve lived in this neighborhood for so long, I know many stories, too many perhaps. As I stroll, I remember. The doorman at 941 Park whose young son fatally fell from scaffolding at The Metropolitan...
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Day Of The Dead…LIVE
I have an image, where everyone I know who’s dead, are all at the same cocktail party having a grand old time. Hicks, Jack, Joyce, Nancy, Phil, my grandfather, even Auntie Ida, who in unison all cluck…...
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For Those Who Didn’t Come Home…September 11 2001
Has it really been 15 years since the day that changed the world? I had just turned 47 in July, feeling vital and free, as I left my house that beautiful Tuesday morning, en route to work. Needless to...
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September 11, 2001…Straight On Till Morning
The journalist Mary McGrory, when she couldn’t bring herself to write about John Kennedy’s funeral said: in the presence of great grief and emotion, write short sentences. I am always humbled to...
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Did You Know…September 11th, 2001 Edition
I feel this day like a war wound when it rains, Taps playing in my heart on a continuous loop. I’m told I shouldn’t keep it alive, it’s depressing, irony at its best since, 2,993 people died, 412 being...
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