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Nov 5, 2021

Jobs Started and Jobs Done

Jobs Started and Jobs Done During the Reagan-Bush years, America became a country where millions worked for the minimum wage. Families needed two incomes to avoid losing ground to low wages and rampant inflation. I was one of those people caught up in the income shuffle. While the government bailed…

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Oct 30, 2021

BLOW LITTLE SPIDER

BLOW LITTLE SPIDER HE’S A LONG LEGGED SPIDER WITH A QUIET DISPOSTION BUT HE’S WELL VERSED IN THE MUSICAL TRADITION ROCK ON, ROCK ON BLOW LITTLE SPIDER BLOW LITTLE SPIDER ROCK ON HE’S A LITTLE BIT SPUNKY AND A LITTLE BIT PUNKY WHEN HE STARTS ROCKN’ HE’S A WHOLE LOTTA FUNKY ROCK ON, ROCK ON BLOW LITTLE SPIDER BLOW LITTLE SPIDER ROCK ON IN FRONT OF A CROWD HE ALWAYS SOUNDS RIGHT HE TURNS THE PLACE INTO A HOUSE OF DELIGHT

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BLOW LITTLE SPIDER

HE’S A LONG LEGGED SPIDER

WITH A QUIET DISPOSTION

BUT HE’S WELL VERSED

IN THE MUSICAL TRADITION

ROCK ON, ROCK ON

BLOW LITTLE SPIDER

BLOW LITTLE SPIDER ROCK ON

HE’S A LITTLE BIT SPUNKY

AND A LITTLE BIT PUNKY

WHEN HE STARTS ROCKN’

HE’S A WHOLE LOTTA FUNKY

ROCK ON, ROCK ON

BLOW LITTLE SPIDER

BLOW LITTLE SPIDER ROCK ON

IN FRONT OF A CROWD

HE ALWAYS SOUNDS RIGHT

HE TURNS THE PLACE

INTO A HOUSE OF DELIGHT

ROCK ON, ROCK ON

BLOW LITTLE SPIDER

BLOW LITTLE SPIDER ROCK ON

LIKE THE OLD NORTH STAR

IN THE BIG DARK SKY

HE WILL ALWAYS SHINE BRIGHT

HE’S A TWINKLE IN MY EYE

ROCK ON, ROCK ON

BLOW LITTLE SPIDER

BLOW LITTLE SPIDER ROCK ON

Oct 9, 2021

NOT IN OUR CITY

NOT IN OUR CITY “The sad truth about bigotry is that most bigots either don’t realize that they are bigots, or they convince themselves that their bigotry is perfectly justified.” — Wayne Gerard Trotman In our little corner of the universe, everyone was happy, and everybody got along. At least…

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Sep 17, 2021

Meanings Of Words

Meanings Of Words Words sometimes have two or more meanings. The English language is in a constant state of flux. Words get new meanings and lose old ones, because of changes in the world we live in and of course slang. When I was a little kid, I was walking…

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Aug 26, 2021

Brush with Greatness: The Snowman

Brush with Greatness: The Snowman Bob Dylan once called him the greatest living songwriter. He died in 1980, at the age of 39, of a heroin overdose a week after his birthday. He had been on and off heroin for twenty years. …

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Aug 5, 2021

Remembering Bruce

Remembering Bruce There are millions of people in the world and any of them could become great friends. That was the belief I had when I drove a public transit bus. I didn’t hesitate to start a conversation with people who rode my bus. I drove bus for the city…

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Jul 8, 2021

Toe Tappin’, Head Bobbin’ and Finger Snappin’

Toe Tappin’, Head Bobbin’ and Finger Snappin’ “Music is a language that doesn’t speak in particular words. It speaks in emotions, and if it’s in the bones, it’s in the bones.” ― Keith Richards When I was growing up during the 1960s, you could almost set your clock by watching…

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Jun 30, 2021

SUPER-DUPER WATER BOMB LAUNCHER

SUPER-DUPER WATER BOMB LAUNCHER “War is hell!”, Handy Andy said after listening to me and Bobby complain about the lopsided numbers we had to deal with in our battles with the South-siders. He told us what we needed was a secret weapon that would even things up. I lived in…

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Jun 25, 2021

Cowboys Guns and Drunks

Sometimes you witness things that stay with you for the rest of your life. Sometimes those things change your life. Those things can happen in an instant. Those changes can be good or bad. This is the first time I had a life altering episode. It changed my life and…

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Jun 19, 2021

PAPER ROUTE

PAPER ROUTE In 1970 when I got a paper route there were stories about the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, the Apollo 13 mission to moon accident, the Chicago Seven and The Beatles officially broke up when Paul McCartney publicly stated that he was leaving the band. …

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