12th & 13th October, 2006
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Edward Habib McKuen. ©2006 by Stanyan Audio Video Archives
A Thought for Today
Today is new, so don't expect too much of it.
FROM the¨BOOKS
THOSE WHO FOUND THE TIME
My vision
of a lilac world
is held in trust for me
by friends
who’ll never know
they’re friends.
And lovers I’ve held
only once.
I’d let them know, but how ?
I’d fit them in, but when ?
Still no one’s needs
are that of being
fitted in.
Every man demands
his full round
share of time.
But on those few
who’ve found the time
to fit me in,
schedule me somehow
within their crowded lives.
They are remembered
almost daily.
At night
each of them returns
every bit as real
as lilac smells
on April days.
-from 1972 Rod McKuen Animal Concern
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Thursday 12 October
National Day (Spain) / Day of the Race (Mexico)
Susan Anton o
Kirk Cameron o
Joe Cronin o
Coral Drouyn o
Edward VI o
Sid Fernandez o
Milo Frank o
Dick Gregory o
Hugh Jackman o
Marion Jones o
Daliah Lavi o
Sally Little o
Perle Mesta o
Luciano Pavarotti o
Adam Rich o
Joan Rivers o
Martie Seidel o Al
Smith o
Chris Wallace o
Ralph Vaughn Williams
Friday
13 October
Shemini Atzeret begins at Sundown
Karen Akers o
Ashanti o
Lenny Bruce o
Chris Carter o
Lacy J. Dalton o
Laraine Day o
Art Garfunkel o
Frank Gilroy o
Cliff Gorman o
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Herblock o
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Need is only wonder set in motion.
We can never hope to get inside someone else's mind, so
don't be too quick to judge what makes them turn.
Our hopes and our
illusions, though they be disguised as dreams are real all the same.
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The road turns here,
up ahead you see it
dissolving in the dust.
I would have you now
dissolving into me
suspended,
held aloft
by my arms only.
Hanging on
but letting go.
The sky
is cloudless here
look above
and you can see it
blue on blue,
bareheaded
and not breathing.
I would wish for you
the same clear
cloudless eye
seeking mine
straightforwardly and true
not breathing
and bareheaded
as I breathe my way
through you.
The sun
is friendly here
look just left
and you can see it
warm but kindly
so and clearly caring.
I would ask of you
that you be ever warm
willing to be kind
not letting me forget
that kindness is the passport
and the proven way
for two to journey through
a lifetime, each other,
or a single summer's day.
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