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Number 476, March 12, 2004
The day for letters
“Give your very best against your
samskaras, never give up; then have faith for the rest. Remember Augustine’s assurance:
If we will do what we can, He can do as He wills.”
—Eknath Easwaran, Bhagavad Gita for Daily Living
Letters to the editor, Feb.-March
(Letters in German are posted
for the benefit of our foreign pals who read the language. Those who can’t are
encouraged not to let the German letters impede your reading of all the letters
here.)
Different days
Patricio,
Came across this online today and thought you'd be interested. What a
different time it was:
On March 10th, 1880, New England composer John Knowles Paine's "Spring" Symphony was premiered at Sanders Theater by the
Boston Philharmonic, and warmly received by its first
audience. You might even go so far as to say that the normally staid Bostonians went nuts. One critic who
was present, recalled that "ladies waved their
handkerchiefs, men shouted in approbation, and the highly respect John S. Dwight, arbiter in Boston of
music criticism, stood in his seat frantically
opening and shutting his umbrella as an expression of uncontrollable enthusiasm."
—Lee Ingalls
Phil Miller’s poem, “March” (http://www.poetrysheet.com/mar10.htm)
PD,
Phil Miller kicks major ass. He's got
more style that a giraffe's got neck.
JL.
eKC moves into new era
patrick,
i've heard rumblings that ekc is no
longer a print publication. does this free you up to do some free lance work
for another publication? what do you charge?
peace
w
(eKC is no longer a
print publication, but it is a first-rate online news magazine. Find it at http://www.kcactive.com. My monthly column,
“city scalpel,” about Kansas City life and politics is always there and will
continue to be. You can also find my history and travel column, for Discover
Mid-America a regional Midwestern newspaper of, at the site or at http://www.discoverypub.com.)
That hat
Wazmo,
Goober and Jughead wore the same hat.
Think about it.
I don't know about you, but it really blows my mind.
I gotta get one of those hats.
Hootie
Honesty rocks
i just wanted to send a quick note on
your "Smoking,...." and other escapes/medications to life's
challenges/temptations in the current issue of eKC.
i found your wide-open honesty EXEMPLARY,
and so probably able to challenge lots of us to look at how we too do/or have
participated in the same....now into Lent w/ a sense of lament and loss. I
thank you for the blatant and humble honesty---more
of this does our country (world) wonders...especially if we could get it out of
those who Should be leading us!!!
Peter Francis
Wiedervereinigung?
Ihr lieben WG- und Blautsch-Geschädigten,
es war sehr schön, als Marianne auf die
gute Idee kam, mein langes Schweigen zu ignorieren und in Koblenz
vorbeizuschauen. Deshalb nun ein Versuch, alle bekannten Email-Adressen
auszutauschen und vielleicht wieder mal in Kontakt zu kommen. Ich hoffe, Euch
geht es so gut wie mir, vielleicht schaffen wir es einmal ein Treffen
hinzukriegen (Patrick muss halt aus Kansas City anreisen). Ich bin ja ab und zu
mal in Trier, dem Nabel der kirchlichen Kunst-Welt. Wer ist überhaupt noch da
in der Nähe von Euch Mädels und zu welcher Zeit? Anbei alle mir bekannten Email-Adressen.
Weiß irgend jemand die Adresse von Michael Schappert (obwohl der sicher nicht
antwortet – genau wie ich)? Ach so - Martin hat kein Email (Computer sind
bildnerisch nicht ok).
Einstweilen liebe Grüße an alle
Ivo
Beautiful fuckin' pome.
El Reverino,
Beautiful fuckin' pome. (http://www.poetrysheet.com/feb25.htm)
JZL
News from Shari Elf, forcer of
goodness (http://www.sharielf.com)
Hello Patrick,
New songs have arrived from Neblung
Price! "Beach Chair Song." Thanks, guys! I love it. And Tom in
Boulder, CO has also sent in two great songs!
I haven't had so much fun in a long time. And I like to have fun.
I put up some more song samples on the
tribute page: http://www.sharielf.com/news.html
New clips from Tom Bartling in Colorado
(Tom used to be my room mate when I moved back to Maui from San Francisco. My
brother Mike and his musician friends had a spare room in their house. I have
to say those were some fun and goofy roommates).
Nichole Fromm's lovely violin solo
version of I'm Taking Your Stuff is also now posted for all to hear its
amazingness.
And a special offering by me, Shari:
Stardust Aquarius in its full 1:50 minutes.
well, that's my email for today.
and have a lovely day.
Shari
Nachrichten aus Ruwer
Hallo miteinander!
Bevor die Mail Schimmel ansetzt, rühre
ich mich mal ...
Ein Treffen wäre natürlich prima! Wir
(Margrit & Johannes & Lena & ich) wohnen immer noch in Trier,
mittlerweile in Ruwer; das dürfte sich aber herumgesprochen haben. Hier hat's
einen riesigen Garten - bietet sich bei gutem Wetter also durchaus für ein
Treffen an. Ein Grill ist auch da...
Ich selbst bin immer noch in der
katholischen Privatfunkarbeit zugange; Margrit leitet ein
Qualifizierungsprojekt der Caritas für arbeitslose Frauen, wird also
folgerichtig im Sommer wahrscheinlich arbeitslos, dank der großartigen
Hartz-Gesetze.
Schappi ist Knastseelsorger in Ottweiler (Saarland).
Ein freier Mitarbeiter von mir (Theologie-Studi) hat neulich bei ihm ein
Praktikum gemacht. E-Mail hat er nicht; der Kollege wird mir aber die
Telefonnummer geben - wer dann mal anrufen will ... ;-)
Ach ja: Uwe Thien lebt auch noch in
Trier, sogar noch in Trier-Süd (Speestraße, glaube ich); hat mit Pia
mittlerweile auch einen Sohn. Uwe arbeitet in Wittlich und baut dort
Feuerwehrautos ...
Dass das Haus in der Saarstraße
abgerissen worden ist, dürfte auch allgemein bekannt sein, oder?
Schöne Grüße,
Stefan (Schwieni)
Thanks for the memories
Patrick -- You *HAVE* to check this out!!!
http://www.ericblumrich.com/thanks.html
Peter
A short conversation
Lee,
While the poem was good, I took much more inspiration from the fact that Morrison and Kazantzakis were aged before they made much of themselves as writers. As each day passes, and I lay my tired ass down for an afternoon nappy, I think about not having published a book yet (though not for lack of trying).
Thanks for the good word on the poom. I
had a long phone talk--though I
wouldn't call it a conversation--with the
man whose allegedly my father last night. Man, some things we have to pass
through on our way to the grave...
Patrick
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Rev,
The important thing is to live well as
well as writing well. I think you've done some remarkable living, walking man. Art
is long but life is short, after all. This coming from a guy in his 40th year
who is similarly unpublished book-wise (not that I've really been pushing
myself lately). We can call ourselves The Late Bloomers.
Lee
You’re glad to see me, I can tell (http://www.poetrysheet.com/feb18.htm)
P-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-trick:
Good scheet today. Laughed loud at the
open fly in the prose piece. Loved the poem, “eaten under hot sun, bike propped
against a knee”
Jer.
Schoene brief!
hi patrick,
vielen dank fuer deinen lieben brief.
ich wuensche dir auf alle faelle sehr
viel erfolg mit dem neuen PhD-versuch !!
mit der lebenserfahrung der letzten jahre
hast du sicherlich die besten voraussetzungen dafuer, dass diese sache ein
erfolg wird.
manchmal wird es phasen geben, in denen
sieht alles so schwierig aus und an anderen tagen laeuft alles fast wie von
selbst. du musst nur die "guten" tage erwischen, dann bleibt
zwischendurch auch noch zeit fuer das leben.
that is fuckin' important, dude (and
nobody may know this as well as you do).
ganz liebe gruesse auch von kristine und
den kids an dich und deine frauen.
-DIW
BTW: du weisst, dass marlies am 13 maerz
ihren 70 geburtstag feiert, oder ? sie wuerde sich bestimmt ueber ein kurzes
wort von dir sehr
freuen ;-)
Today’s
Poem:
I found the lines for
this poem on the Web statistics page of patrickdobson.com. The finished poem
contains only word-for-word phrases people used in search engines, the results
of which brought them to the page.
—Rev. Patrick
lost in space
19 th century narrative paintings
robust arm leg hair breath pictures
when i come to town which is seldom
student escort service strippers
lenticular jesus products for sale
story of lovemaking with dog
in the background
cornfields and vegetable gardens
why do astronauts have gold
around their helmets?
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