Tag: history
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I Had A Friend
I Had A Friend in our journey from birth to deathwe cross paths with multitudessome walk with us for a waysthen leave for different by-ways sometimes our paths cross againbut the rivers we treadand the persons we becamekeep changing, not the same even deep emotional connectionsdiverge, thinning to nothing orsplitting by social pressuresconditioning and misunderstanding…
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Soundtracks Of My Life
Soundtracks Of My Life the earliest I can rememberEverly brothers dream, dream, dreamoff and on even through high school : https://youtu.be/tbU3zdAgiX8?si=7TpLPosTQu2HwdAC 1967 enthralled by Clapton and Cream’sBorn Under A Bad Sign till the ‘80sif it wasn’t for bad luck, there’d be no luck at all : https://youtu.be/f1pzXJuvdAY?si=vPfaLpupxBE1jfNC then, in the ‘90s, Jonny Lang’sWander This World…
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Youthful Indiscretions – 1977
Youthful Indiscretions – 1977 – Memoir Memories Depressed after divorceUsed to ride myChopped HondaDown a snake-curvyRoad north Midway into that driveWas a RR crossingAbout twelve feet wideRoad ramped to itOn either sideAbout 45 degreesAnd maybe fourFeet high Used to lay into the curvesKnees nearly scrapingThe pavement as ISlalomed byAs fast as I couldCoax my rideTried…
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When I Was Young – A Memoir Memory
When I Was Young – A Memoir Memory As a young manI went to seeWhat lay beyondOur one-horse town’sCity streetsAnd the outlyingNorth coast trees Hitchhiked to theSeaboard eastNew York CityWhere theMonsters feastAnd skylineGleams Spent some timeIn a ‘hippie commune’Living off tips from buskingIn Washington SquareAnd a biker barI took my nightlyMeal there Decided theCommune life…
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Jerry Lee Lewis’s 62nd Birthday Party – Memoir Addendum
Jerry Lee Lewis’s 62nd Birthday Party – Memoir Addendum In late September, 1997, I took my last vacation from Kinetico (didn’t know it would be my last at the time…), where I’d worked since ‘92 as a technical writer of manuals, proposals, and the like for their industrial water purification and reverse osmosis business (mostly…
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The Go-Go Bar – Memoir Addendum
The Go-Go Bar Hey lady dancin’ on the barCan’t help but wonderWho you are Sippin’ a beerWatching your reflectionsSway in the mirror Other drinkers watchin’Your sways to the musicHeads are bobbin’ Your expression unawareFreely groovin’Like you’re not really there As I fall under your spellCan’t help reactin’While passions swell Hey lady dancin’ on the barCan’t…
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One Trippy Night In Ann Arbor
Digging deep into my past to pull out an incident recorded in my memoir. It happened this time of year while I was living in Ann Arbor, 1968… I was walking home after a party where I’d dropped acid during the festivities. The rush was over, and I was in the melow stage, and all…
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Colors Before My Eyes
Colors Before My Eyes Purples and greensRoll up before myClosed eyesAlong with scenes From my idioticRomanticSometimes pedanticForgotten memories Too many timesSmashed out of meBy brass-knuckledReality Only rememberedIn quiet timesWith my ancientEyes closed –LE – 9/6/25
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Memoir Addendum – Old Symptoms Of Bronchitis Mostly Gone
Memoir Addendum – Old Symptoms Of Bronchitis Mostly Gone Spent most of my formative yearsTill the end of my first short marriageIn and around the glittering miasmaOf a small steel mill townAt the mouth of the Black RiverOn Lake Erie’s southern shore Walking home in the darkAfter late orchestra rehearsalsOr Judo classes and the likeThe…
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Rest In This Season Of Life
This is a prompt from one of my journals: What does rest look like for me in this season of life? It looks like rest at any other time and season, mainly doing one thing at a time, along with listening to whatever music eases my mind at any given time… gentle movement (exercise, like…
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