Monthly Column

May 2014

  “When the Sun came shining, then I was strolling And the wheat fields waving and the dust clouds rolling A voice was chanting as the fog was lifting This land was made for you and me” This Land is Your Land  by Woody Guthrie   This additional verse by Pete Seeger  ( A Taurus) […]

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April 2014

  “As I walked on through troubled times My spirit gets so downhearted sometimes” “So where are the strong?  And who are the trusted?  And where is the harmony?  Sweet Harmony….”                What’s so Funny About Peace Love and Understanding                               […]

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March 2014

  ” These things you keep, you better throw them away.   You wanna turn your back on your soulless days   Once you were tethered, now you are free   Once you were tethered, now you are free   That was the river, this is the sea…” The Waterboys,   This is the Sea    ” And […]

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February 2014

    “Get up stand up, stand up for your rights  Get up stand up, don’t give up the fight “ Bob Marley, an Aquarius   “You know you kinda gotta be ready to die for the cause… I’m ready to die for my kids future and the future of my island” Dustin Barca, Hawaiian […]

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January 2014

  “I went up to the mountain  because you asked me to Up over the clouds to where the sky was blue. . . ”  ~~Patty Griffin from the Rev. Martin Luther King tribute song Up to the Mountain   “The hope of a secure and livable world lies with disciplined nonconformists who are dedicated to […]

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December 2013

  “Oh, I want to thank you for so many gifts you gave with love and tenderness I wanna thank you. I want to thank you for your generosity, the love and the honesty that you gave me. I want to thank you, show my gratitude, my love and my respect for you, I wanna […]

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November 2013

  This Months column is dedicated to the memory of Lou Reed ” Run for the shadows in these golden years”  ~~~David Bowie   ” Say a word for Jimmy Brown, he ain’t got nuthin at all.”  ~~~Oh Sweet Nuthin by The Velvet Underground   ” Pass through the fire to the light “ ~~~Magic […]

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October 2013

  ” You are so beautiful to me You are so beautiful to me Can’t you see” ~~~ Joe Cocker ” And he saw the tree above him And the stars And the veins in the leaf And the light above And the balance. And he saw magnificent perfection Whereon, he thought of himself in […]

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September 2013

  “The earth is our Mother we must take care of her the earth is our mother we must take care of her   Hey yanna ho, yanna hey yan, yan Hey yanna ho, yanna hey yan, yan     The sacred earth we walk upon with every step we take the sacred earth we walk […]

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August 2013

  “Well I think it’s time to get ready to realize just what I have found I have lived only half of what I am It’s all clear to me now   My heart is on fire my soul’s like a wheel that’s turning My love is alive My love is alive ya ya ya […]

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