Hmmmm. Back to school. A topic fraught with pride, expectation, a little fear, and a sense of inevitablility. All I can convey to you is my experience from my not so typical perspective on the subject. Some background. My daughter Elizabeth and I are unusually close. I had her late in life, an only...
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While attending your average summer party, a rising college sophomore like myself will be asked the same two questions perpetually throughout the evening: One, “How was your first year at college?” and two, “are you excited to be going back to school?”. In an attempt to spare my acquaintance from the bursting floodgates of...
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It’s 2:06 on 202 in Flemington Heading north Life is short • A truck with marble Made in Spain Passes me Life is short • The tractor dealer’s parking lot is empty • The American Flags At the car dealerships Used to wave much larger Life is short ••• Books on Poetry at Amazon!
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The wind rustles through the waves of trees. The deck is drenched in sunlight. The robins and sparrows chatter. A black butterfly with blue patches flits among the potted plants of peppers, tomatoes, eggplants and one glorious sunflower that towers nearly seven feet. I smile. A LOL can finally enjoy her home. Some LsOL,...
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For ten years I would pass George almost everyday on my way to work. Sometimes I would roll down my window and give him spare change or maybe a dollar or two. Sometimes I’d give him food left over from a Thanksgiving or Christmas dinner. If I caught the light we would chat and...
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I called and asked about the war in Afghanistan, the oil spill in the gulf, Rand Paul and the Civil Rights Act of 1964, teachers being laid off, education in public schools, health care, unemployment, terrorism and the Greeding of America and was told someone would get back to me. May 20, 2010 ©...
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Friends of mine from college recently got together for a show. Marilyn, our social coordinator got us all together back in December, after about 25 years of not seeing each other as a group. The December reunion was great, so we have decided to try and do a quarterly gathering. So this Elvis Costello...
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On a fall afternoon, I headed to northeast Philadelphia to photograph the singer/songwriter Carole King who was campaigning for John Kerry in his run for president in 2004. I waited outside for her arrival as people gathered inside a local politician’s headquartes. King finally showed up and entered the building to greet the locals...
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Arriving in Conakry, Guinea, two workers with the International Rescue Committee greeted me at the airport and welcomed me to West Africa. After clearing customs, we drove to the hotel to drop off luggage and equipment and then head to a refugee camp on the border with Sierra Leone. Rebels with the Revolutionary United...
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Have you ever been on Google Earth? It is really interesting, cool and helpful! Being my age, we have seen these things come about, and some of them are astounding to us. It boggles our minds, let alone our parents and other elders’ minds. One of these is Google Earth. I get a kick...
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