Posted in Happiness, Relationships on Apr 16th, 2009
We are a merry band. Our objective is not to steal from the rich and give to the poor. But we are for the poor. The poor of vision. The poor of understanding. The poor of spirit. The poverty of ignorance. Racism is a problem with one shortcoming: A Proper Answer. In time each author [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Mar 5th, 2009
As a kid, I swam, fished and floated my summers away on a lake in Northern Wisconsin. The cabin was nothing fancy, but then we didn’t spend much time inside anyway. Our home was on the water. Our little speedboat was just big enough to fit the family and a couple of friends. My brothers [...]
Posted in Culture, Happiness, History, Religion on Mar 4th, 2009
Here I was skating with black people mostly, but everyone really, a rainbow of people, and we were all flying together. We were a graceful flock of swallows, all soaring one way, then the other — swaying in unison — lifted together by the music and singing our hearts out. Flying was our form of prayer and our hope for the future and this was our anthem:
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