These days when veterans are a political topic, it might be good to pause. To take a look, take little listen, to what it’s really all about. Men and women stand up […]
Heroes? I Do Swear.
The Fragile and the Furious
“maybe it’s time to treat all beings as members of our civilization.” See first link. Long Beach, NY is conspicuous for its compassion for the creatures with whom we dwell. You might […]
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 […]
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 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 […]
Thank You
Thank you for not chewing gum. “If the only prayer you ever say in your entire life is thank you, it will be enough.” Meister Eckhart I saw an advisory to entrants […]
Let’s Join at the Groin
The jetties of Long Beach protrude into the North Atlantic like black piano keys under a grand-piano swoop of white sand. They are my sanctuary. These beach protrusions are actually groins, […]
A Confluence of Circumstances
It rained human bodies upon a field of sunflowers this week. Rockets replaced words in the Middle East as a means of communication…again. Peace, it seems so rare in the news these […]
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