August 9, 2013 With sincerest condolences to those who have suffered in this Summer’s Southern California fires – I am speaking only for-those-of-us whom have appreciated a relatively cool Summer so far — when I say: This has been a Summer worth paying for! If this is what global warming has in store for So […]
July 25th 2013 (Son Nick’s 33rd Birthday) I know you’ve heard that old saying: “What an ego that guy’s got!” which usually translates into the referred person being “full of him/herself”: to the point of arrogance. But if you study your Freud and your ego and psychodynamic psychologies – you will realize that our egos
July 22nd 2013 So this is my second Op-Ed since I had the superego knocked out of me (more on this in my next attempt). I guess I felt compelled to write again after attending the funeral of a very dear colleague who, in my humble estimation, left us far too early. Dr. Greg Jackson
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The Old Oak Each morning I awake To the old, gnarled oak With its back to the rock cliff Facing the busy road I think He is dying… He mirrors my soul Also old, weary and twisted, By this toxic world Waiting to die But unable to do so… So we hang on, the old
It was a memory I forgot Wrapped in saffron Curtained by thought Like a fragile egg Hatched in the morning sun Taking wing on a shroud of saffron It’s not important which painful memory it was But that it was wrapped in saffron and carried by doves Into the morning light… Should I stay in
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June 20, 2013 Since this particular song lyric is now recorded, and, due to come out in July as part of EVERMORE: The Shadow Walk – I thought I had better try it out on Tami A. and The Watchman to see if it passes muster! “Ladders and Chutes” Hello? Is there anyone else in
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June 9, 2012 Before moving onto my next venture(s) (a book on ‘fixing’ American education and my poetry); I have to thank 3 folks (whom I have termed Earth Angels) for looking out for me and essentially getting me through the-past 20-years-or-so: without these Earth Angels – I’m not quite sure where I might have
June 12, 2013 Before unveiling any new poetry, I decided to go with an ancient lyric (circa 1982) that has music to go with it that just about everyone likes. Even Giti (an avowed hater of ‘rock’) enjoys this piece; and, everyone has been encouraging me to do a You Tube video for it. Whirlpool
May 28, 2013 Well folks, this is it – only one more essay after this one (in which I have to thank a-couple-of-folks for rescuing me from my foibles and follies) and then, I will shift into poetry gear. Quite simply (and as I have suggested before) – I am seeing all sorts of folks
May 8, 2013 This is almost it…only 2 more essays following this particular tale and I will be transmogrifying The Doctor’s Inn from Speaker’s Corner into Poet’s Corner (and I doubt that one will be any better than the other). I’ve grown tired of prose and I’ll have to tell my readers why… A few
