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Walking with Walt Whitman – Leaves of Grass – Inscriptions – “On Journeys Through the States”
Walking with Walt Whitman A daily installment from Leaves of Grass Inscriptions “On Journeys Through the States” On journeys through the States we start, (Ay through the world, urged by these songs, Sailing henceforth to every land, … Continue reading
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Notes in Emily Dickinson’s pocket – “Some things that fly there be” (Life, 14)
“Tell all the Truth but tell it slant.” ~ Emily Dickinson ____________________________________ Some things that fly there be,— Birds, hours, the bumble-bee: Of these no elegy. Some things that stay there be,— Grief, … Continue reading
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The Coffee Shop – Baby River’s Wild Ride (video)
The Coffee Shop is an open thread-style discussion forum for human interest news of the day. From Mindframe – Christian Kirk: —oooOooo– This is an open thread. There are several hosts, each host being responsible for picking a “theme of … Continue reading
Posted in Short Video
Tagged babies, Christian Kirk, Life, Mindframe, Open Thread, Rivers Wild Ride, The Coffee Shop
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Walking with Walt Whitman – Leaves of Grass – Inscriptions – “To the States”
Walking with Walt Whitman A daily installment from Leaves of Grass Inscriptions “To the States” To the States or any one of them, or any city of the States, Resist much, obey little, Once … Continue reading
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Notes in Emily Dickinson’s pocket – “The soul selects her own society” (Life, 13)
“Tell all the Truth but tell it slant.” ~ Emily Dickinson The soul selects her own society, Then shuts the door; On her divine majority Obtrude no more. Unmoved, she notes the … Continue reading
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The Coffee Shop – Once Upon an Artist: Head (video)
The Coffee Shop is an open thread-style discussion forum for human interest news of the day.
Posted in Art, Sculpture, Short Video
Tagged Documentary, Marc Guardiola, Once Upon an Artist, Open Thread, Rubén Fuentes Fuertes, The Coffee Shop
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Readings – Hillary Clinton’s ‘Entangled’ Foreign Policy
~ Readings features content from elsewhere. ~ In her foreign policy speech last week, Hillary Clinton spent a lot of time bashing Donald Trump, implying as Daniel Lazare says, “that because Trump is bonkers, Hillary must be the opposite, i.e. thoughtful and mature,” … Continue reading
Posted in 2016 Election, Foreign Policy, Readings
Tagged Consortiumnews.com, Daniel Lazare, Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton
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Morning Reads from BillMoyers.com, June 13, 2016 (a little late!)
From BillMoyers.com for June 13, 2016 – Morning Reads: The Preventable Tragedy in Orlando; Billionaires Out to Destroy Press Freedom Orlando –> Sometime just before 2 a.m. Sunday, a man named Omar Mateen entered a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida, … Continue reading
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