John Lennon | John Lennon
Sep.04.2012
Jewelle St. James' fascinating story of her centuries-old love affair with Beatle John Lennon, begins in December 1980 when she first hears the news of his death. Though not a Beatle fan, she finds herself plunged into a profound depression which takes a toll on her life as an otherwise normal...
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Aug.24.2012
On this date in 1981, Mark David Chapman is sentenced to 20 years to life for the murder of John Lennon, a founding member of The Beatles, one of the most successful bands in the history of popular music.
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Aug.21.2012
I'm also a big picture thinker. I'm proud of what I see as my ability to be a big picture thinker. But I've discovered that I'm not the big picture thinker that I thought I was.
John Lennon was a big picture thinker. He said, "When I was 5 years old, my mother always told me that happiness was...
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Dec.18.2011
It always amuses me to listen in on people debating whether or not ghosts exist. For me, there’s no debate. I have one.
When I was 27 I didn’t believe in life after death. The proof just wasn’t there for me. In that same year, on the recommendation of a friend, I visited a psychic (Frank Andrews...
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Dec.08.2011
I hadn’t planned on writing another blog today, but someone made me aware that it’s the 21st anniversary of John Lennon’s death. I’d like to share a personal story about John that relates to the ghost tale I’ve been telling over the past 10 posts. Those who have been following this saga will...
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Nov.30.2011
I just checked out from the library Fire and Rain by David Browne, which details 1970,one of those years which in music, even if you don't believe in cliches, was a watershed. Simon and Garfunkel broke up, Jimi Hendrix and Janis Joplin died, butthe biggest music story of all was the Beatles broke...
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Sep.25.2011
John Lennon. The "Peace Activist" who supported murderers.
In this world there are good people and bad people. There are those who will go out and sacrifice themselves for a cause, people like Gandhi, who almost starved himself to death in protest at the sectarian violence that swept India at the...
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Aug.30.2011
Earlier this month, I spent a happy week with family and cousins at Quonnie beach in Rhode Island. Lots of John Sandford, “left, right, center,” and tossing Bocce balls with my now-famous west coast spin that blew away the New Yawkers.
Mid-week, my wife and I went to Providence to check...
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Jul.16.2011
John Lennon's quote, "Life is what happens when you're making other plans," rams into me as a truth perhaps too often.
Just over a week ago, my wife Ann and I planned to grab dinner at our favorite Thai restaurant. In the car a half-block down the street, we saw three people surrounding two giant...
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Jan.07.2011
Imagine all the people Sharing all the world You may say that I'm a dreamer But I'm not the only one I hope someday you'll join us And the world will live as one. “Imagine” - John Lennon
For years I’ve been carrying around this idea, and while it would take an act of heaven to be realized...
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