MUST RELIGION DIE FOR MANKIND TO LIVE? |
Almirah Shokur loved to play outdoors in her small, solemn town on the shores of the Mediterranean. One morning, under a warm sun and cavernous blue sky, she knelt by the banks of the sea and raised h...
Posted by on Wed, 18 Feb 2009 13:53:00 GMT |
When I Was 25... |
When I was 25, I was searching, wandering, trying to figure it all out. I was lost. Quite frankly, I didnt know shit.A decade later, late one night in a distant bar, I met a wise man. He was a genera...
Posted by on Sat, 14 Feb 2009 00:10:00 GMT |
Wisdom Whispers |
The head bubbled gleefully, beautifully, softly spreading its gentle fragrance into the welcoming air. The amber ale, just below this convection of lively, smiling, dancing bubbles contained in a pint...
Posted by on Fri, 06 Feb 2009 12:35:00 GMT |
Even Heaven Has Clouds |
My mother died yesterday. My dad, today.My heart screams in agony. Tears rain like rivers without relent, rivers mercilessly flooding my heart with irreconcilable remorse.Then I awake, abruptly, from ...
Posted by on Mon, 02 Feb 2009 10:12:00 GMT |
YOUTH |
Youth looked at me tonight, in a bar in Chattanooga, and smirked. Youth was all cocksure in its arrogance, its "knowing", its potential. Youth thought it was better than me, that I had seen better day...
Posted by on Sat, 24 Jan 2009 00:02:00 GMT |
THE INAUGURATION OF HOPE |
This was a great week for us all. Great because we witnessed the inauguration of a great man to the highest office in the land. Great not because of his policies, nor his ideals, nor our own prejudice...
Posted by on Wed, 21 Jan 2009 21:07:00 GMT |
The Other Side Of A Dream... |
THE OTHER SIDE OF A DREAM"
The small wooden boat sailed gently in from the west, atop amber waves reflecting a falling red sun, ferrying on old man returning, reluctantly, from the sea.
He mad...
Posted by on Fri, 16 Jan 2009 23:40:00 GMT |
Bar Wisdom |
OK, it's been a while since I last posted "Bar Wisdom". The traveling, the writing, the bar-hopping has not stopped! So without further intro, here is the latest edition, thoughts and reflections - so...
Posted by on Fri, 02 Jan 2009 13:13:00 GMT |
Happy Birthday |
Happy Birthday! Feliz Navidad! Merry Christmas.Happy Birthday to you, Jesus of Nazareth. You still look wonderful for being 2000+ years old!Happy Birthday to the most enlightened, benevolent, loving a...
Posted by on Fri, 26 Dec 2008 20:09:00 GMT |
Friendship |
A good buddy once said, "friends say more about you than your family, because you choose your friends, you don't choose your family."During the course of my years and my travels, I have met so many wo...
Posted by on Wed, 12 Nov 2008 08:59:00 GMT |
