Repeat Item #1
“You Can’t Roller Skate in a Buffalo Herd
But you can be happy if you have a mind to.”
– Roger Miller
This Too Shall Pass
“A sad soul can kill you quicker, far quicker, than a germ.” – John Steinbeck
Time Will Tell
Covid made the summer of 2020 vivid, like a childhood summer.
Formative Years
“The ship will sink, ‘tis a mathematical certainty.”
– Chief Engineer aboard the Titanic
Buckle Up!
“Many years later we found ourselves in Canada
Trying to save our marriage and perhaps catch a few fish,
Whatever seemed easier…….,”
– Lake Marie – John Prine
In Community
“We don’t heal in isolation, but in community.” – S. Kelley Harrell
Defying Gravity
“I am so tired I can’t stand up; it feels like somebody tripled gravity” – COVID Patient
Fiddling While Rome Burns
Buy me a flute, and a gun that shoots
Tail gates and substitutes
Strap yourself to a tree with roots
You ain’t going nowhere
– Bob Dylan
Stay Safe, Find Joy
“Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” – George Santayana
Terrifying and Beautiful
Know that we are connected
in ways that are terrifying and beautiful.
-Lynn Ungar, Pandemic
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At the Bottom of the Atlantic (revised)
The red dot on this map is where the S/S Danmark sank in 1889. My Danish great-grandfather was aboard that ship. Fred Bekker survived the ordeal and spent time on the Azores Islands... Read more
