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Archive for July 9th, 2008

Poetry Please!-romancing the spirit

Posted in poetry, tagged , , , , , on July 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Connect- Disconnect ©
The other day stood a fiddler
On the corner by High Street.
In his slouch was boredom
As thick as unwashed grime.
He stood there as fixed,  a thing-
That the place gave it
Some bearing of use and connect.
Onrush of spirit in freewheeling
Shoppers and the like
Who would stir anew the public places
With no particular affinity,
Sweat and scents of  [...]

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Marshall entertains-anecdote

Posted in anecdotes, tagged , , , , on July 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

One Sunday morning George.C. Marshall came to read in his newspaper the flight of three Russians from Moscow over the North Pole.  They had taken off in a single engine monoplane two days before and they were scheduled to stop over in Oakland. But it so happened they were overhead ready to land at Pearson [...]

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