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The Hill We Climb in Utialandia
Utilialandia, or short for Utia, is one of the most progressive countries on the planet. I was grateful to be here during a recent kerfuffle due to the translation of the poem “The Hill We Climb” by Amanda Gorman into Utian. Though there are only 2,401 native Utian speakers, they are the most literate people. …
Brattleboro Civilian Police Review Board April 2004
Brattleboro Civilian Police Review Board Proposal Steering Committee for the Brattleboro Civilian Police Review Board Submitted: April 2004 to the Brattleboro Selectboard TEN PRINCIPLES FOR AN EFFECTIVE CIVILIAN REVIEW BOARD Independence. The power to conduct hearings, subpoena witnesses and report findings and recommendations to the public. Investigatory Power. The authority to independently investigate incidents and …
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Dear Joe and Kamala,
Re: Some modest wishes and best of luck Excuse me for being so informal and addressing you by your first names. Congratulations, a word that should have come from Donny the Id months ago. Nevertheless, the old goat will not easily give up the house he soiled, but like the Aegean stable, the mighty river …
Vietnam Generation
Shroud of War: Invocation I am the Vietnam generation. I am the generationof witness and fire. I was a hospital corpsman during the Vietnam Warand though far from combat,the war hauntsme and my generation. This war of decades ago,and unending warsof the American war machine,shrouds my waking hours. Vietnam: Fire. Redemption. Love. I am the …
Malika Ai Jazeera
A fable-like the Odyssey of a sailor whose ships have been wrecked and he finds his way to shore, as he is greeted and loved by Malika Al Jazeera, the Queen of the Islands.
My Beautiful Vietnam 2020
Vietnam in this journey from January to March 2020 has been a revelation. Some parts are tragic, like the children we met at Friendship Village in Hanoi with birth-defects related to Agent Orange. We have met other people who have been injured by landmines. Yet, today, if you will I want to focus on the …
Poet As Nurse: Nurse as Poet
I have been a nurse and healer for more than four decades as an LPN, RN, FNP, and as a homeopathic physician. (I have also had a lot of other jobs in International Development, as a Peace Corps volunteer, consultant for not-for-profits, co-Founder of Grace Cares, Navy veteran, college professor, and even a stint …
Beautiful Extraordinary Africa
We’ve been traveling since late November starting in Nairobi, Kenya, on to the fabled nature preserve of Masa Mara in Western Kenya, on to Tanzania – the Serengeti Nature preserve, Selu River, and to Zanzibar in December. At Christmas and New Year’s Eve in Mozambique visiting one of our dear friends who is the new …