Down, Not Out Down, not out Its not who we are Not destined to be There again Setting out Tasked with Learning how to win Discovering difficulty Almost everyday Along each road taken When the lights come on again All over our world Rewards mostly forgotten Somehow not forsaken We prepare for tomorrow With yesterday’s…
Dingbat Dan (Not a Sunday kind of man) Tomorrow’s notes, today: I grew up hearing the descriptive, “dingbat”. It wasn’t necessarily a bad thing, but then again, it definitely wasn’t really a nice thing to say to or about another individual, be they male or female. Then, there was the time as a supposed adult male…
You Can’t Fight City Hall (Really?) It was a common colloquialism around the lower east side of New York, as one might expect to hear echoing from one tenement building to another—back when I was a kid: rules were rules. We kids picked up on everything our parents might be using in their daily conversations, regardless of…
Sunday, July 4th, 2021 To all you Yankee Doodle Dandies “Hip, hip, hurrah” to and for all of us who have a love affair with the greatest country in the history of the world, the way we believe, and pray it will remain forever. This is to the United States of America, the very grandest…
“That Lucky Old Sun (Just Rolls Around Heaven All Day)” was a 1949 popular song, like “Old Man River”, its lyrics contrast the toil and intense hardship of the singer’s life with the obliviousness of the natural world. The biggest hit version of the song was by Frankie Laine’s. It first reached the Billboard magazine…
Father’s Day 2021 Ladies and gentlemen, Boys and girls Big, little, tall or short Whatever the hue God determined you’d be The masks are all gone It’s Father’s day 2021 My guy’s not around But to all, including me Fill this day up with joy and glee It’s meant for young, and even old men…
Staying Sane By Lighting Up My World Did you happen to notice the previous fifteen months in this less-than-rarified world of the days and nights in our own civilization right here in our very own little piece of the geography known to most as “La La Land”? If you have experienced the less than…
Remaining today Recapitulations Results must become witnessed All things yesterday, Not knowing what we seek Reprieve is sought, Remaining disconsolate Far from our accustomed lives Fifteen months have passed While Happiness for all has become Prior for most In a day Week Month Without leisure All passed Time at abnormal speed It became a…
Our Memorial Day, 2021 It was 1953 when a very young Harvey Kalmenson raised his right hand, took the oath, and joined the military. It happened to be the United States Army—it didn’t matter what branch of the service it was. The flag was up there for me that day when I took the oath…
73 Years, Hard to Believe It’s hard to believe just a quick seventy-three years ago, not yet “da harv” was a mighty fourteen years old and was in the process of making, or having, a monumental occurrence in his young life fostered upon him—whether he liked it or not. The year was 1948, WWII had…