It's the birthday of one of my classmates and also a nursery mate as I was still in the hospital when he was born. I was born with pneumonia and was 6 weeks old when I got out. I have never had pneumonia since.
This is the oldest picture of my dad from sometime in the 30s. He died 28 years ago today. I thought I would collect the pics of him in a FB album for my nieces and nephews kids and grandkids who were not lucky enough to know him. I had no idea it would make me so weepy.
I wonder if the intensity of the Ceasefire protest at Columbia is, in part, affected by the historic 1968 antiwar takeover when students took over several buildings. I've taken a few workshops on opposition research from one of those students who used their research to show how CU was involved in Vietnam War.
People can get funny over music. I worked with a guy more than 10 years and we were good friends. After we both moved on to other orgs, we stayed friends. Then one day on Facebook he said no one writes poetry anymore. I said a lot of today's poetry is found in lyrics. I mentioned Common's lyrics as being incredibly poetic, using assonance and alliteration