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Happy Birthday, God!
As I was celebrating births yesterday, — Shirley Verrett — today I need to mention the special life of Morgan Freeman, born in Memphis Tennessee, on this day of 1937. Happy Birthday, dear Sir!
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Remembering John Bonham
Before this day ends, on which I have been celebrating the birthday and life of the great mezzo-soprano Shirley Verrett (1931-2020), allow me to mention the exceptional drummer, John Henry Bonham This English rock drummer for Led Zeppelin, was born in Redditch, England, and continues to be valued as one of the most influential drummmers…
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In Memory of Shirley Verrett — May 31 1931 / an Event
Shirley Verrett — the Intimate Black Callas, is a celebration of the unique Diva who was born ninety years ago today. Join a live conversation with her daughter, Francesca LoMonaco, and her nephew, Shaman Durek, as we share memories of one soul who transcended cultural barriers with her talent. https://www.clubhouse.com/join/opera-blood-and-te/IvadYlYj/myb0L0RO
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Spice — of Life/for Life
As part of our evolution, a spice may have been a matter of flavor. Likewise it may have been a matter of health and hygiene. Today, the animal considers one or the other. The animal noble ought to consider both.
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The Bible Weight
One of my sketching books looks like a Bible. I stepped out of church decades ago. But today, as I was handling a couple of books, and was about to put them on top of the sketch book, all my nerves stopped my hand. Suddenly, my eyes saw this structure, and all of me recalled…
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I am in Love like never before
It is not the personal thing Not romanticism It is not a falling, at all It is a standing in love with more Seeing, sensing, being drawn more. Love is magnificent Better than god, awaiting sacrifice Better than paradise where roses are roses It is an extended, non-personal life.
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On my horse
I’ve been riding for years. Have yet to see a fence.
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A Philosophy Hour
That is the moment when peasants break bread with refined thinkers. They are all smiles, all hunger, all growing. An open table, buffet style — feasting that they are. All animals All noble
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The Soul is unbound
Ever since we have been traveling this globe, our exposure to the exotic or merely to the other (individual, culture, tradition, belief), has left us impressed, influenced, at least touched. Henry F. Gilbert was born 1868 in Somerville, a town in the Boston metropolitan area where I lived in the mid 1980s. He attended the…
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