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     I was thrilled and felt so patriotic when I ushered my two young grandchildren into my room and had them listen to the song “Yankee Doodle Dandy.” It was playing on the TCM channel with James Cagney dancing up a storm!      I sang my heart out knowing all the lyrics to the song in the movie produced by the Warner Brothers in 1942.They hummed along with me as I gave them a wee bit of history…

While skimming some Facebook pages I came across a service that an organization was providing grandfathers to write their life history to be passed onto their grandchildren. Continue reading What Did You Do GRANDPOP?

     I just completed a list of sources for my son to use once I casually die. Continue reading Preparing for the Final Act That’s Coming

     I did not know I had so much in common with Folk Singer Joni Mitchell until I reviewed an article about Earth Day and once again fell in love with one of her songs.     “Big Yellow Taxi” did not catch my attention, nor my recollection, of the title at first, but after watching a rendition of the song I realized it was, and still is, one of the greatest songs about preserving the…

Music has been a part of my life for all of my life. It started with my mother playing all the songs by Hank Williams as well as Eddie Arnold’s’s “Lonesome Cattle Call” tune. My older brother introduced me to Jazz with “Take Five” by Dave Brubeck and then the most famous Rock & Roll singing group who gave us “Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band.” I contributied to the 1960s mmusic as a…

     Why is there a sustained effort to get rid of a state’s right to allow mail-in ballots for elections held for Primary as well as General Elections?      Primaries are elections that political parties use to select candidates for a General Election. Then each party’s candidates run against each other in the General Election held in November. Most states have what are called “Closed…

     Driving while stuck in a traffic jam ordinarily would not be the best place to practice mindfulness meditation. I found out today while rushing to a doctor’s appointment, it was the “only” way to travel. Continue reading Meditation time is right in this moment

I will be admitting myself to the Veteran Administration Hospital in Philadelphia to undergo a procedure in order to avoid the excruciating pain I suffered before from similar undertakings. Yeah, it’s time for me to get another colonoscopy, but this time I am going to get a tranquillizer. I underwent this procedure several times before without taking any type of sedative. And it hurt, man, it…

Never know what you’re going to find when you begin to re-read some of the messages you received on your WordPress Blog Posts. I was nominated for the “Liebster Award” which is recognition of blog post writers by other bloggers. The author used the name of “Lillies Loves” at her site, and had offered the award in a message I had overlooked until I saw it in response to a post I wrote several…

The United States will celebrate its “Semiquincentennial” on the 4th of July and plans are already made to kick off this historic event with dozens of activities in the birthplace of the nation – Philadelphia.   Continue reading Philadelphia Celebrations for 4th of July

I began a major endeavor this month to re-edit all of the Blog posts that I had written over the years, and it has re-opened many of my hopes and dreams that I once shared while writing and sharing messages at Contoveros.Wordpress.com. It all started with a dream I had about Socrates and Plato which connected with my “active imagination” that the eminent psychologist Carl G. Yung had wrote about…

I miss you. My God, how I have missed you! It feels like forever since we’ve been together. I’m sorry. Please forgive me. I know that it’s my fault. I walked out on you, believing I could get along without you, without your guidance without your help. Without your love . . . Continue reading Please take me back my love; I need you so!

When you’re down and feel like nothing, God is usually up to something just for you. That’s a saying on a church sign outside of Philadelphia that I edited and slightly changed, and can safely say is now mine. Continue reading Ups & downs of life provide me lessons

(Unpublished Kabbalah story from Feb. 18, 2011) Fuzzy needs Group to glow bright Fuzzy was a Fuzz Ball that wanted to give love to whoever he met. It all started when he felt a point in the heart materialize, and a wish to bestow came over him. He’d give love here, there, just about everywhere, every day to everybody he came into contact with. After all, he had thousands of tiny fuzz balls to…

To      Michael J From Melanie K I had such a nice night. My favorite part was sitting outside talking on the bench. Who knew we would be together in such a situation? the lovely garden beside a Thai Buddhist Temple  the freshness of post-meditation the purity of post-meditation the high of talking dharma with a new friend, Luke  surrounded by Bonsai trees Continue reading Don’t eat all the…

I’ve been away from you less than 4 hours, and I can’t stand it. I miss you. What has come over me? I get so lonely when I’m not with you, and feel such a shallow emptiness. You are so filling, that I don’t really take notice of your presence until the presence is gone. My tank runs out of gas, it voids itself of all energy, and the only thing I have left to get me through is the memory of the…

The Maiden: I felt quite empty for the last few days, as if I was waiting for something to fill me up, elevate me to a passionate state. I can’t say that I’ve ever felt like this for a prolonged amount of time…I’m wondering what’s coming next. The Foolish Knight: You ask, “What’s next”?   I don’t know. I, too, feel empty. I want to end my activities and just stay inside myself. I hurt. And, I…