the drive to pizza

a short but rare drive to my favorite local wood fired pizzaioli, a rare outing in time of Covid, wanting to make the most of the experience away from home, so taking the slower streets, going through the neighborhoods lined with landscaped hedges, trees, in various shades of red, yellow, mustard brown, and dark green

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Marvin Bell Tribute

Watched a wonderful tribute to the life and work of Marvin Bell today. This particular poem seems relevant with the current elections The Book of the Dead Man (The Vote)- Martin Bell 1. About the Dead Man and the Vote The dead man was in the crowd when the militia moved in. You can’t know

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John Lewis

A few words from the late great John Lewis: “About fifteen of us children were outside my aunt Seneva’s house, playing in her dirt yard. The sky began clouding over, the wind started picking up, lightning flashed far off in the distance, and suddenly I wasn’t thinking about playing anymore; I was terrified… Aunt Seneva

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wire heart

tbt – my wire side projectshe had a heartthat would heat up and boil oversteaming up the kitchen windowslike soup on a winter afternoonand he was always readywith his bowl and spoon

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