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Photo by Dan Chapman ©2001 Stanyan
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A Thought for Today
Take time to smell the exhaust, er, pine
trees.
Rod is away for the day.
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HANUKKAH
Dan Blocker o
Kenneth Branagh o
Randall 'Tex' Cobb o
Susan Dey o
Emily Dickinson o
Cesar Franck o
Harold Gould o
Morton Gould o
Chet Huntley o
Dorothy Lamour o
Gloria Loring o
Dennis Morgan o
Richard Oliver o
Nia Peeples o
Tommy Rettig |
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Winter’s contribution to the lilac root will not be known for months,
though tulip bulbs may feel secure still frozen.
We must continue to believe that many are
the men of peace who from time to time will set out to walk among us.
If love is a folly, hate is insanity.
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CHRISTMAS WITH THE MASSES
The 1961 Christmas Card |
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I spent
Christmas with a cinder in my eye,
watching a priest eat a hot dog on Sixth
Avenue
between masses.
Fifth had store windows
with imitation trees and imitation holly
and imitation women walked on the arms
of men with imitation smiles.
My mother gave me five saints’ names
in hopes I’d be protected
but the enemy’s so silent
I wouldn’t know him if he came.
Smitten by the robber or the robber’s smile
I’d most likely turn the other
cheek.
Like hell I would.
But forgive me my trespasses
they’ve been few this year
(unless you count the time
I crossed Sixth Avenue against the light
In order that I might be blessed
between the mustard and the relish.)
-from “The Twelve Years of Christmas,” 1969 |
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