BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN The Isolation Blues; reflections during covid-19 41 shots, and we’ll take that ride ‘Cross the bloody river to the other side 41 shots, cut through the night You’re kneeling over his body in the vestibule Praying for his…
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TWO AMERICAS The Isolation Blues; reflections during covid-19 There are literally two Americas. One America is beautiful for situation. This America is the habitat of millions of people who have food and material necessities for their bodies; and culture and…
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A1 DINER The Isolation Blues; reflections during covid-19 Last week a friend sent me an article from the Bangor Daily News featuring an interview with Aaron Harris, the owner of the A1 Diner in downtown Gardiner. My friend is a…
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WALT WHITMAN The Isolation Blues; reflections during covid-19 The past and present wilt—I have fill’d them, emptied them. And proceed to fill my next fold of the future. Listener up there! what have you to confide to me? Look in…
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BOB DYLAN The Isolation Blues; reflections during covid-19 The day that they killed him, someone said to me, “Son The age of the Antichrist has just only begun.” I said the soul of a nation been torn away And it’s…
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GREAT SOCIETY post.8GREAT GREAT SOCI The Isolation Blues; reflections during covid-19 * The Great Society demands an end to poverty and racial injustice…But that is just the beginning. The Great Society is a place where every child can find knowledge to…
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SLED DOGS The Isolation Blues; reflections during covid-19 We are now over 40 days into shut-down and quarantine-mode so don’t be surprised if you and people you know are starting to get a little squirrelly. I came across this article…
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SOLITUDE The Isolation Blues; reflections during covid-19 sunday afternoon on the sauna porch It’s the middle of April and this is the first time the thermometer has made it past fifty degrees. (it’s been a long, cold stretch of…
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JOHN COLTRANE The Isolation Blues; reflections during covid-19 During the year 1957 I experienced a spiritual awakening which was to lead me to a richer, fuller, more productive life. At that time, in gratitude, I humbly asked to be given the…
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THOMAS MERTON The Isolation Blues; reflections during covid-19 Thomas Merton circa 1965 The contemplative life must provide an area, a space of liberty, of silence and solitude, in which possibilities are allowed to surface and new choices – beyond routine…