Category: Commentary
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Malabar Farm
Malabar Farm home ot Lewis Bromfield’27 Pulitzer Prize for FictionMalabar Big House, setting forthe infamous weddingof Bogie and Bacall Beta-tested innovativefarming techniquesearly experimentsin contour plowing, croprotation, organic farming guests, influential or notgiven chore-list withmorning meal – nomatter who, mustwork for your supper Malabar State Parkhalfway between Clevelandand Columbus OHLewi’s ghost still walksthe Big House halls…
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Johnny by Sarah Jarosz
Johnny by Sarah Jarosz Johnny’s on the back porchDrinkin’ red wineHe knows that it could beThe very last timeHe raises the glass upTo his lipsAnd wonders How could a boyFrom a little bay townGrow up to be a manFly the whole world roundAnd end back upOn the same damn groundHe started You might not get…
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Lynn – Part 8 – An Extended Vacation – Memoir Continued
My Extended Vacation from US Steel In early June of ‘75, I took 3 of my 5 weeks of extended vacation (my first and only). We decided to take a trip out west. Lynn was interested in Montana. So, that’s the way we went, visiting Bismark, then going south through Yellowstone and Colorado. We spent…
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Lynn – Part 7 – Ian is Born – Memoir Continued
Ian Is Born Once we had moved in and lived at the farm for a while, Lynn became pregnant again. Our friend from the hospital, Joe, again supplied us with first aid, medical supplies for the birth. Yes, Mom was furious again that I was to deliver another baby at home. Again, Lynn insisted. But…
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Lynn – Part 6 – Memoir Continued
Lynn – Part 6 My brother, Guy, came up for a visit from OU in Athens, OH. He had been discharged from the Air Force earlier that year and was going to school on the G.I. Bill. One of his classes was beginning photography, and we were out in the front yard setting up different…
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Seventy-six Trombones
Seventy-six Trombones seventy-six trombones in the big paradeplaying the seventy-sixth part of the gamewondering how deep is the benchhow many more ready to take my place? guess it’s all moot since strings areall I’ve ever played, four, six, and twelvefretted and fretless, trombones in asense I guess, nonetheless circlings of Sol a trombone eachanticipating the…
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Outrage for the Execution of Willie McGee
Outrage for the Execution of Willie McGee – Lyricsby Goodnight, Texas That old shoe was bound to walk now that man right out the doorThis old shoe is bound to walk now tell you what the reasons forThis old dollar bought me nothing, this dollar sick and frailThis dollar bought you something, now your man…
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Lynn – Part 5 – Memoir Continued
Kristen Is Born In ‘72, Lynn became pregnant. She was totally absorbed in the ‘Way’ by then. The local leader and his wife were into natural, home delivery child birth. Lynn claimed that it would bond her and me together like nothing else and was determined that I should deliver the baby. I was skeptical,…
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Lynn – Part 4 – Memoir Continued
Religious Complications Lynn never mentioned that she was religious, although she did have a ‘New Jerusalem Bible’, which she said was Catholic and that she just liked having it to document things in. We considered ourselves to be ‘spiritual’, but not religious. At least, I thought we did… WRONG! I had given up on religion…
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Lynn – Part 3 – Memoir Continued
Lynn – Part 3 Lynn had a friend at LC3 who was a young Catholic priest, not much older than me. He agreed to marry us, so we set the date. I think we set it for September ‘71. It was held by the river in Beaver Creek Reservation Amherst, OH. Dale played prior to…
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