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The opposite of her.
Me, on my 3rd birthday, and Jos, 6 months, in 1985. “A sister is both your mirror – and your opposite.” – Elizabeth Fishel It’s the sixth year since she left, quietly,…
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The Preachers: Jerry Falwell, Sr.: When Religion & Politics Mix.
Jerry Falwell, Sr. (Image Source) Ever since Donald Trump’s run for president began over three years ago, there has been a whole lot of talk about the “Evangelical Vote,” “White Evangelical Christians,”…
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The Problem is… you think you’re in control.
Getting IVIG through a peripheral IV in my right hand in 2012. (photo, my own) Just think of this post as a little corollary to Tuesday’s. I realized pretty much as…
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The Problem is… you think you have time.
Clockwise from top right: Jean-Michel Basquiat (image cr.); Dr. Martin Luther King with wife, Coretta, and daughter, Bernice (image cr.); Amy Winehouse (image cr.); and Marilyn Monroe (image cr.). It’s Holy…
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Little Lulu, we love you.
“Louise as the winsome French girl in Now We’re in the Air (1927).” (Photo and caption from “Lulu Forever”) I think the first time I can recall hearing the name “Louise Brooks” was…
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Flashback Friday: Dr. Dre before NWA.
Dr. Dre in sparkly gear with a stethoscope before joining NWA. (Image Source) On Thanksgiving, I finally got around to watching the 2015 film “Straight Outta Compton”. I liked it, and…
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For Pod’s Sake!: Week of November 27th
I’m a huge podcast fan (as longtime readers of this blog know), and I’ve decided to start (yet another!) new series just to catch you up on my favorite listens. So here…
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The Preachers: Jim & Tammy Faye: Part 4.
Jim Bakker in screen captures from his current show, “The Jim Bakker Show”. (Google Images) This has been one long, crazy story. Nearly unbelievable, except, very true. Sadly true. As a…
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Even in my sleep.
“Even in our sleep, pain which cannot forgetfalls drop by drop upon the heart,until, in our own despair,against our will,comes wisdomthrough the awful grace of God.” -Aeschylus I’ll love…
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Flashback Friday: That way awkward dinner party at Bobby Kennedy’s in May ’63.
James Baldwin, left, and Bobby Kennedy. (Google Images) By the time Robert F. Kennedy was killed in 1968, he had come to be viewed by many as a politician who cared…
