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Jul.13.2011 Adrian Gonzalez and Ps. 27:1 Photo: (AP/Ross D. Franklin) Adrian Gonzalez, Boston Red Sox, hitting a homer in the 4th inning of the All-Star Game Interesting thing I discovered today. I'm looking to buy an Adrian Gonzalez (first baseman, Boston Red Sox) autographed picture and I saw two that I liked on two different sites...	Nov.25.2010 The Goddess Book of Psalms My first book was The Goddess Book of Psalms, which I self-published in 2008, in soft cover. By 2009, it was listed through Amazon.com, and I felt like a real author, at last! I was only 71 and a brand new writer!! This was a collection of poetic psalms I wrote during a writing frenzy, attempting...
Nov.25.2010 The Goddess Book of Psalms My first book was The Goddess Book of Psalms, which I self-published in 2008, in soft cover. By 2009, it was listed through Amazon.com, and I felt like a real author, at last! I was only 71 and a brand new writer!! This was a collection of poetic psalms I wrote during a writing frenzy, attempting...	Jan.21.2010 Everyone comes back to Jerusalem Everyone comes back to Jerusalem. I don’t know why, I really don’t. It’s too hot. The people can be offhandedly mean, and they drive as though they want to kill you. It isn’t a very pretty place once you look close. Oh and, yes, sometimes it gets violent. With shocking self-obsession, it thinks the...
Jan.15.2010 My Favorite Poem When I was five my mother said she was going to teach me to memorize poetry, edifying poetry as it turned out, poems with a moral message. My mother, Mama, was a stern taskmaster and I was afraid that she would be mean to me. However, I soon realized that not only did I like poetry, but I enjoyed...	Nov.18.2009 VALLEY OF SELF I don't know which psalms to sing or which church to go to feel the flame within for a while sit or lie still with faith weather the restlessness brewing breath by breath I don't know the god or goddess or the mantra to chant when fear overtakes my being and...
Oct.08.2008 Turn, Turn, Turn Yom Kippur begins tonight. This holy day is the fulcrum of the Jewish year: in preparation, we do a cheshbon hanefesh—a soul inventory—cleaning up our conduct and relationships to ready ourselves for the moment tonight when the beautiful Kol Nidre prayer is chanted, annulling all vows, reminding us...	Sep.01.2008 The Spirituality of Politics I recorded the several hours of the Democratic Party convention broadcast on PBS each night, then fast-forwarded through the pundification that occupied perhaps a third of each program, stopping to listen to all the speeches. On the first evening, I was aware of so many sensations in my body: my...