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Live and Die
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Live and Die

By The Avett Brothers

October 18, 2019

Editor’s Comment:   My favorite poet musicians strike again.  In this lively tune, they sing of living like a Pharaoh and singing like a sparrow and most of all remind...
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Peace Train
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Peace Train

By Yusuf / Cat Stevens

October 18, 2019

Editor’s Comment: The news seems no longer the news, it’s seems more like mud-slinging.  I’m weary of it.  So when this old song came up on my ITunes, I played...
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Orange Sky
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Orange Sky

By Alexi Murdoch

October 18, 2019

Editor’s Note:  Thanks to Caitlin, my beloved daughter, this song came on my annual Christmas mix.  Alexi Murdoch is new to me and since I love poets who double as...
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None of Us Are Free
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None of Us Are Free

By Solomon Burke

October 18, 2019

Editor’s Comment:  Perhaps in honor of Martin Luther King day and all the immigration and human trafficking issues we face, this song came to me recently.  When I listened to...
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January Cartoon
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January Cartoon

By Tim McCarthy

October 18, 2019

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“Tim’s Top Five Investment Tips” by Tim McCarthy

By Tim McCarthy

October 15, 2019

I stopped at a lemonade stand today. I told the Mom overseeing the operation that I never pass a children’s lemonade stand because it’s such a great investment. As I...
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Story: Teacher Srikumar Rao Wins Acclaim

By Tim McCarthy

October 15, 2019

Written by Paul Van Slambrouck Published: July 5, 2010 by The Christian Science Monitor Editor's Note: If I ever teach for real, Mr. Rao will be my model. Not the...
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Story: Crisis in Kenya Update-the Murder of Melitus Mugabe Were

By Tim McCarthy

October 15, 2019

Editor's Note: International Partners in Mission (IPM) works across borders of faith and culture on behalf of children, women, and youth to create partnerships that build justice, peace, and hope....
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The Walk
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The Walk

By Mayer Hawthorne

October 15, 2019

Editor’s note: Sometimes I just like to laugh. This song takes an old theme (“beauty is only skin deep”) and an old sound (doo wop) and combines into something catchy...
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Yellow Moon
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Yellow Moon

By Neville Brothers

October 15, 2019

Editor’s Note: This is one of those songs that just makes you tap your feet, especially as it’s performed live at Farm Aid concert almost twenty years ago. Favorite lyric:...
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Forever Young
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Forever Young

By Bob Dylan

October 15, 2019

Editor’s Note: My talented and beloved son, Kevin, was home for one of my open mic nights and while deciding some songs to do together, he suggested this Dylan classic....
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“A Love Song”
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“A Love Song”

By Kenny Loggins

October 15, 2019

Editor’s note: Okay, it’s soupy, but I selected it because I played and sang it to my wife, Alice, some 37 years ago at our wedding. Through a lot of...
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“We Shall Overcome”
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“We Shall Overcome”

By Joan Baez

October 15, 2019

Editor’s Note: I recently saw to my surprise that 71 year old Baez is still performing and very active in rights movements and so I dedicate this, one of her...
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Old Turtle and the Broken Truth
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Old Turtle and the Broken Truth

By Douglas Wood

October 15, 2019

Editor’s comment: I don’t usually feature a children’s book but this one is a good reminder to those of us reading to our children/grandchildren. The parable is a star (of...
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If This Isn’t Nice, What Is?
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If This Isn’t Nice, What Is?

By Kurt Vonnegut

October 15, 2019

Editor’s comment: In celebration of graduation season, here are nine graduation addresses collected and published by Vonnegut friend, Dan Wakefield. Reader be reminded that Vonnegut was an outrageous figure, a...
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Quote: You must be…

October 15, 2019

"You must be the change you wish to see in the world." By Mahatma Gandhi
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Quote: We Must Have Patience

October 15, 2019

"We Must Have Patience" - by Martin Luther King [more] "We must have patience. We must be willing to understand why many young nations have to pass through the same...
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Quote: There is no limit to…

October 15, 2019

"There is no limit to what a person can do who doesn’t mind who gets the credit." By Robert Woodruff
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Quote: the true measure of an individual is…

October 15, 2019

Written by Ann Landers [more] "Keep in mind that the true measure of an individual is how he treats a person who can do him absolutely no good."
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Quote: Take New Year One Day at a Time

October 15, 2019

Excerpt from "Take New Year One Day at a Time" by Dear Abby [more] "Just for today, I will live through this day only, and not set far-reaching goals to...
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Quote: Spread Your Love

October 15, 2019

By Mother Teresa [more] "Let us not be satisfied with giving just money. Money is not enough, money can be got, but they need your hearts to love them. So,...
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