In the last couple of months I’ve heard the name Edmund Burke fall lovingly from the lips of conservative Republicans. They are reminding us that Edmund Burke was the founder of modern day Conservatism. They are proud of that. They hold him in great esteem. Edmund Burke! Yikes! You’d think they would be embarrassed to [ Read More ]
Archive for April, 2012
It is 1965. I am in Norman, Oklahoma working in a college bar on the outskirts of town to keep body and soul together while I go to school at OU. There are no tips. Literally. But I do get paid minimum wage and it’s at night and it’s kinda fun. I am newly [ Read More ]
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Come a little bit closer. Hear what I have to say,” Neil Young sings. I am in heaven. The day moves gently. It is perfect. The sounds – birds, leaves rustling, Neil singing – caress me. The world outside this house is Eden. Glowing green, pulsing yellow, a flash of red, purple peeks out. Light [ Read More ]
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I am struggling with writing an assignment. Nothing is working. Too many words swirling, memories poking through the mists of time, chores I must do. I push open the sliding glass door and step out onto the deck. I am on top of the world out here. The hill slopes down to the pond [ Read More ]
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