Thursday, May 29, 2008

Casals & Flower Bombing/ Spitzer & Me/



(P1) Political

Love Without Borders

The love of one's country is a splendid thing. But why should love stop at the border?
- Pablo Casals


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(P2 & P3) Poetical /Philosophical

Without the Wind

Philosophy is the boat we all end up sailing in.- Jim Spitzer

More like the doldrums, Jim.

Where wind ceases to blow

And the spinnaker loses its bluster.

Stillness catching an inner sail

Launches the soul on its way.


(© 2008 Ed Coletti poem with Jim Spitzer drawing)


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Wednesday, May 14, 2008

Big Hug/Love of "Liberal"/Sunbeams/Forgiveness/


(P1) Political

<- The Real John McCain

Then, in case you've accepted the propaganda that "Liberal" is a curse word, check out the following cool piece...

Day In the Life of Joe Middle Class Republican

TvNewsLIES Reader contribution.
By John Gray Cincinnati, Ohio -

Joe gets up at 6:00am to prepare his morning coffee. He fills his pot full of good clean drinking water because some liberal fought for minimum water quality standards. He takes his daily medication with his first swallow of coffee. His medications are safe to take because some liberal fought to insure their safety and work as advertised.

All but $10.00 of his medications are paid for by his employers medical plan because some liberal union workers fought their employers for paid medical insurance, now Joe gets it too. He prepares his morning breakfast, bacon and eggs this day. Joe’s bacon is safe to eat because some liberal fought for laws to regulate the meat packing industry.

Click here to read the complete funny article

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(P2) Philosophical

A few "sunbeams" from The Sun magazine

I am not so arrogant as to presume that only my intellectual superiors can teach me. If such were the case then the teacher would learn nothng from her disciples, the parents nothing from their children, and I nothing from the animals, from whom I have learned so much.

- Caroline Cozza

Sit at the feet of the master long enough, and they'll start to smell.

- John Sauget

We are here and now. Further than that, all knowledge is moonshine.

- H.L. Mencken


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(P3) Poetical

Forgiveness

The one who forgives restores,
even though it seems a small segment,
the wholeness of being.

Everyone's history
is, without doubt, part of the world's history,
is, in fact, the world's history.

In other words,
whatever a man or a woman does,
even in secret, touches,
no, even more, shapes all humanity.

- Jaime Sabines
(translated by Rebeca del Rio)

And, do yourself a favor and get down to the Marin Poetry Festival.



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Tuesday, May 06, 2008

Bon Voyage, Richard Denner

(P1) Poetical

Farewell and All the Best to Richard Denner

Here's Richard in just a few of his incarnations. I and all of his friends will miss him as he embarks on a multi-year retreat in Colorado. Richard Denner has demystified poetry and life. That he is quintessentially human once again was evident as he presided over my mother's memorial in March of this year. How deeply he will be missed as he moves further onward divested of everything and every one from his past for now. All the very best, Richard.

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