Why was Hedy Page so happy? I see the news on TV the same as you, so did she: Bombs drop, flames sear. Concrete crushes men, women, and children. Does the reason […]
“Oh, I’m So Happy…”
“You Can’t Be a Giver Halfway”, Hedy Page
Hedy Page came a long way from her childhood in Nazi occupied Vienna, to her escape through Panama and eventually to NYC… …and Long Beach, NY. In one of my early conversations […]
Backyards and Bombers
I’m only fifteen minutes away from Jones Beach, but I never attended an air show there. I haven’t experienced a moving military air show since B-24s and B-29s flew in formation over […]
Are We Being Watched—in Wonder?
As I trek our shore in wonder at the gliding gulls, leaping dolphins, and breaching whales, I wonder if they are wondering about us. I am especially curious about our brother and […]
When We Come Together
As a young Marine turned subway cop in ’66, the ’69 Woodstock gathering of flower people turned me off. It was essential to just support our troops. But as the decades passed […]
Benches, Bombs and Baloney
Albert Einstein: “May the conscience and the common sense of the peoples be awakened, so that we may reach a new stage in the life of nations, where people will look back […]
American Grit
I didn’t yet know the hardened grit of America. We were in World War II—and I was only five years old. I only knew of playing with toy cars in the sand, […]
Made in the American Shade
“This nation will remain the land of the free only so long as it is the home of the brave.” Elmer Davis I feel there is no point in being free in […]
We are Love
Music photo-video included, at bottom…for the sane of heart. The news strafes me daily with blasts of horror: The latest dealt with assembling components to blast nails, screws and bolts into the […]
Got Gratitude? Take a Number!
“There was this soldier with his wife and young daughter. They were visibly upset.” I have a long history of wanting the things I do and say preserved…forever. I’ve sent one or […]
Recent Comments