Category: Commentary
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Green Serene – Dreams in Blue and Red
A couple of my old ones from the mid-eighties. Green Serene The color green is so sereneBrings to mind a summer dayResting in the shade ofYour favorite treeBe it oak or elmOr any kind you happen to see Reclining in cool grassesWatching golden raysTurn the canopy luminousThe filtered light an emerald hazeThat lulls me fast…
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The Sound of Silence
The Sound of SilencePaul Simon Hello darkness my old friendI’ve come to talk with you againBecause a vision softly creepingLeft its seeds while I was sleepingAnd the vision that was planted in my brainStill remainsWithin the sound of silence In restless dreams I walked aloneNarrow streets of cobblestone‘Neath the halo of a street lampI turned…
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Anne – Part 7 – The Penton Problem – Memoir Continued
Anne Quits Penton We had moved to an apartment building across the street from the duplex half we rented from Dave and closer to the corner of Hampshire Rd and Euclid Heights BLVD. Anne had been having problems at Penton, where she had been working since shortly after we met. She was being harassed by…
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Memoir Continued – Image of Lynn – A Memory Impression
Image of Lynn I was looking through some of my old journals, reminiscing about my first attempt at married life. A strong image of Lynn came to me as I had known her early in our relationship. I’ve given all the photos I had of her to Kristen and Ian, and I haven’t seen her…
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Anne – Part 6 – Chris – Mom – Memoir Continued
Chris Graduates from College Around the time of our wedding, my brother, Chirs, graduated from Baldwin Wallace University in Berea, OH. We all went to his final show, where he performed his theater-mime. It was a very good performance. I don’t remember for sure, but I think his degree was a BFA in Theater Arts.…
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Anne – Part 5 – Married 1982 – Memoir Continued
Anne and I Get Married 1982 We got married at the Colonnade in Cain Park, Cleveland Heights, OH, by a justice of the peace. It was a much bigger affair than my first wedding. Anne’s family attended, as did many of mine, including my maternal grandmother, who flew in from Boston with Mom’s older sister…
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Premature Death
Spirit vs Form – A Poor Life vs No Life 11/1/83This poem fits into the timeline of the memoir around this point. Chris (my brother) told me of our tragedy last night, the death of my sister Becky’s baby, only 2 hrs old. Time for another reassessment of my views on life, death, and the…
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Youngstown
Youngstown LyricsBy Bruce Springsteen [Verse 1]Here in northeast Ohio, back in 1803James and Dan Heaton found the ore that was lining Yellow CreekThey built a blast furnace here along the shoreAnd they made the cannonballs that helped the Union win the war [Chorus]Here in YoungstownHere in YoungstownMy sweet Jenny, I’m sinking downHere, darling, in Youngstown…
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Annie – Part 4 – Memoir Continued
Annie – Part 4 Annie started going to a Jazz Dance Class and took Kristen with her. So, frequently, Ian and I’d pick them up after their class, and we’d go out to eat. Kristen did continue with the Judo, too, just not as consistently as Ian and me. Both Kristen and Ian became excellent…
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Annie – Part 3 – Memoir Continued
Annie – Part 3 – Pizza Hut Encounter Results in a Judo Commitment A few weeks after school started, Kristen, Ian, Annie, and I went out to eat at Pizza Hut for our ‘payday’ eat-out dinner. While we were there, I noticed an older Japanese couple, Ed and Grace A., sitting at one of the…
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