If you have a few moments today and you have plenty of tissues nearby… You need to watch this short film.ย It’s called “Ripple,” and it just caught me emotionally.ย So I want to share it with you, my loyal blog readers. Enjoy.
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A memory in tile
I barely remember my Grandpa Ben.ย My few fleeting childhood memories of my paternal grandfather involve my riding in a little baby stroller as he pushed me around the Franklin Park Zoo in Boston.ย Unfortunately, he passed away while I was still a toddler, so my memories of him are few and far between. Last…
Read MoreWe remember…
We remember the morning. We remember the newscasts. We remember the smoke coming out of the north tower. We remember seeing the plane crashing into the south tower. We remember two American Airlines planes. We remember two United Airlines planes. We remember a plane crashing into the Pentagon. We remember a town called Shanksville, Pennsylvania.…
Read MoreThe blessings of a little help
David Magley, an alumni of the Albany Patroons (he was on the 1983-84 Phil Jackson-coached CBA championship team), is now the commissioner of the National Basketball League of Canada. As part of his duties during the NBL’s offseason, Magley has organized several free agent tryout camps throughout North America.ย Free agent tryout camps are great…
Read MoreThoughts while driving to Syracuse
By the time you read this, I’ll be on the road with a precious cargo – six of my best photographic artworks – for “Drop-Off Day” at the New York State Fair.ย This seems to be part of an all-encompassing “drop-off-3-day-weekend” with my three entries for the Big E shipped yesterday, and my four (5)…
Read MoreThe day Bill Cosby stopped being funny
You don’t want to believe it’s possible.ย You hope it’s all a misunderstanding, or a vengeful slur by a hurtful third party who wishes to destroy your happiness. But eventually you discover it’s true.ย Sad and true.ย Painful and true.ย And you can’t think of that person – or even that person’s name – without…
Read MoreA Gift for Sheridan Hollow
There will come a day, some day in my life, when all the gifts and skills I have received in my lifetime, I must use them to give back. And thus begins a new day and a new project.ย Follow along with me on this; I think you’ll enjoy it. It’s one thing to move…
Read MoreHow to survive Father’s Day
Listen, I’m not going to blog again about why my biological father was a terrible parent.ย And I’m not going to blog again about how my stepfather was a terrible parent.ย I’ve done that.ย My opinions haven’t changed.ย They haven’t softened, either.ย Those of you who’ve read my blog know that I am a survivor…
Read MoreRachel Dolezal and minstrelsy
So here’s what’s going on in Spokane, Washington.ย The head of the local chapter of the NAACP is currently being questioned as to whether or not she is, as she claims to be, a black woman; or is she a white woman pretending to be black. And thus we now have the story of Rachel…
Read MoreOne more broken chain.
If you’ve read my blog over the past nearly six years, you know that I am loyal – fiercely loyal, in fact – to those who have been a positive influence in my life.ย I have always supported causes of conscience; organizations that have improved the world of humankind. And in the same breath, if…
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