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Ode to a Pumpkin Carver

My pumpkins are all thoroughly carved and ready for tonight – Happy Halloween! But there is debt to pay, these carver(s) seek fame and glory, albeit secondary, from THE BLOG, so in honor of their skill and cunning, below is Haiku for Pumpkin Prankster: Pumpkins from front porch Abducted, carved then returned Mystery now solved

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God Bless America

Last night, five women sat in my living room listening to Obama’s thirty minute recap of what he is going to do as president. Yes, some of it was rehashed, but still, I had goosebumps thinking we will finally have a president that we deserve. I haven’t felt this way since Jimmy Carter. Okay, say what you will about Carter – there was no president who cared deeper about this country and its collective soul…

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For those who have less than we do

I was speaking to a friend in San Francisco about her musical prodigy cousin who had been taken under Leonard Bernstein’s wing. He grew up in the projects down the street from where I lived on Mason Street. I insensitively said, how could your aunt have lived there? The other day T said she was going to do five acts of charity a week and I thought now that is a goal to start your…

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The spirit of the individual over the collective

There are many things wrong in this country and never a time like the present to address some of the more dire issues like education, health care, poverty. Go Obama! But on the flip side, I have always been enamored by the spirit of the Individual that America has uniquely bred. I remember in San Francisco, friends who were dismissive of a Filipino family who lived next door with three or four generations piled into…

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State of the Union – I am open to what comes

As if to punctuate my current mental state – not to dismiss that I have been grappling with some fear that I seem to express to anyone and everyone without thinking about it – using words that have power – and so instead, I’m trying to reshuffle my thinking, my talk, my speech – I’m open to what comes because I have faith in me and the great mystery of life (speaking of mysteries, I…

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