Remembering

How Will I Remember You

You ask if I will remember you.
I answer Rockefeller Double Feature, Westwood 2:00 AM
grape jam fired through straws - splashes of
purple silliness and dinner rolls in a juggling act.

You ask when will you enter my mind.
I answer Down in the Depths of the 90th floor
on black and white with P. T. Barnum Up In One
and the Musicians Union on Wednesdays

You ask when I will echo your words
I answer, "My lover, my associate, but most
of all my friend" with "Zuckys #6 heavy on the
egg salad, skip the onions plus an egg cream"

You ask if there is an empty space in my life.
I answer Mars on fire in a nightime sky, mist
rising off the pool, typing dressed in only a
towel words to wrap tomorrow's fish.

You ask when I will say your name.
I answer California Dreamin', the Chinese
Air Force in the middle of the night -
Cryptic instances that delineate a life

And stories I will tell until
MY dying day

Don't Just Sit There

Unless we are heavily involved in our communities, it is often hard to find congenial opportunities for volunteer efforts no matter how well intentioned we might be. It is so much easier to write a check to someone else to do something. There was a time in America when we were much more interdependent. Now with our very individual lives, necessity of two income families, time constraints and financial obligations, we are becoming more and more separated from our neighbors.

There is now a place on the web that matches willing volunteers with people and organizations that need their services. It makes it possible for you to match your interests and skills to people and organizations that can use your services. Whatever your available time, skills, or location, Volunteer Match will help you meet up those who need you.

What better way to turn the desire to do good into an activity that benefits both your family and others who will be glad that you are there.

To Honor Those Who Serve

On this Memorial Day weekend I wanted to remind families with members to honor of the following items might be of use to those with veterans in their families.




The Veteran's Administration offers a wonderful service for families of deceased veterans who want something significant for their records or suitable for framing.

Presidential Memorial Certificates bearing the current president's signature can be ordered by the next of kin or direct descendant of any deceased, honorably discharged veteran. More than one certificate may be ordered for family members. The form to submit is available on the link above.

In addition to the above, if you do not know the exact location of a veteran's grave you can search on line using the gravesite locator.

For members and veterans of the armed forces who are of Scottish descent there is an organization that is both rewarding and fun: Scottish American Military Society (SAMS). Many U. S. Soldiers and veterans prefer the SAMS membership to one with their specific clan at gatherings and games because of their pride in the military service.

"It is in truth not for glory, nor riches, nor honours that we are fighting, but for freedom - for that alone, which no good man gives up but with life itself."

Declaration of Arbroath, Scotland, 1320

Iron Jawed Angels

ALICE PAUL


Iron Jawed Angels began running on HBO today. It is the story of the fight for women's sufferage. This is the full coverage schedule

It has been 232 years since the founding of the nation. It has been 88 years since women were allowed the right to vote. When reading the biography of Alice Paul played by Hillary Swank in this year when another Hillary is running for President of the United States, one has to wonder if we have come very far at all.

The Democratic Convention will take place less than two weeks after the anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment with the final vote taken in the State of Tennessee in what was known as The War of the Roses. It passed by one vote courtesy of Representative Harry Burn who changed his red rose to yellow and voted "Aye" after receiving a telegram on the floor from his mother urging him to "Do The Right Thing".

"The young women of today—free to study, to speak, to write, to choose their occupation —should remember that every inch of this freedom was bought for them at a great price... the debt that each generation owes to the past, it must pay to the future."
~ Abigail Scott Dunaway

Save The Vampires

Okay folks, one of my few network addictions has been cancelled. Forget the great acting by a superb cast (Alex O'Loughlin, Sophia Myles, and Jason Dohring). Ignore the fascinating premise. Pay no attention to wonderful writing and plot twists. Just remember that incredibly luscious star with the bared teeth and smoldering blue blue blue pools of ..... (old is not the same as dead) back to the subject.

The idiots at CBS think they can just eliminate one of the best shows on TV before it has had a chance to build a well deserved audience after being yanked around on its schedule and interrupted by the writers strike. They give us a season finale of Mick kissing Beth and saying "I Love You" and that's IT? NEVER!!!

OFFICIAL PROTEST SITE

Don't just sit there reading, click the link and join the furor. Then if you haven't ever watched Moonlight, go HERE to watch on line.