Like a spring stem bursting from its soil, the tower rises, an icon of America’s renewal. It is risen from the ashes of the thousands who perished on Sept. 11, 2001. But […]
Fist or Finger?
Dances with Dogs
Video at the bottom of page. “If there are no dogs in Heaven, then when I die I want to go where they went.” Attributed to Will Rogers…but embraced by me. I’m […]
Rubber Fangs, Velvet Claws
I went to a young Police Officer’s funeral today. And as I stood there in the spring sunshine with thousands of others, a question burned in my heart. What are you carrying […]
Sex, Guns and Gronc
“Patrolman Leander Brower of the 109 Pct., Long Island City, was arrested at noon today for a holdup…” I’ve been spelunking the news pages of the ages and found fascinating items, both […]
Hugging Life
Dope-slapped twice, have we awakened? I was a Marine at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, in the fall of 1962 when the world faced extinction in the Cuban Missile Crisis. It was the same […]
A Pup, from Sand to Sea
It’s been said, “The measure of a civilization is how it treats its weakest members.” Variations on this have been attributed to Ghandi, Pearl Buck, and Pope John Paul, among others. But […]
A Peek at Ass-Backwards
“There was an eclectic group of us, containing among others, a gynecologist, a lawyer, an R.N, a retired teacher, a real estate agent…and me…the retired cop…the crew of Gilligan’s Island.” “When everything […]
Crack, Guns…Recycling?
When I was a cop in NYC in the eighties, it was a big hoot to learn that crack houses, to avoid any attention from the city at all, made sure the […]
Companions and Commitments.
Can we come together on two things? Cheryl went to a Vegetarian Food Festival in Manhattan recently. Vegetarian Fests are not my cup of…beef broth. I do go on such journeys with […]
A Wagging Tail…Poetry in Emotion
Two things: 1) If you love dogs, you really can’t own them. 2) Dogs, maybe other pets too, have ESP. My mind is stuck in the last hour of traffic from […]
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