Monthly Archives: May 2017

Your Monday Blessing: the water

Posted on May 29, 2017 by bobjanisdillon

Let me tell you a story about myself. I came from the water – before I had this body, I mean, when I was all ambition and a few tendrils. I came from the water, and flopped up onto the … Continue reading →

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Juliette Gréco is singing Over the Rainbow

Posted on May 22, 2017 by bobjanisdillon

Juliette Gréco is singing Over the Rainbow as she walks home through Paris after her interrogation by the Gestapo. Judy Garland, full-throated, echoes off the Boulevards, decommissioning silence, adding a few notes to joy’s chapter in the book of life. … Continue reading →

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horseradish

Posted on May 15, 2017 by bobjanisdillon

While I am eating horseradish, it occurs to me there are at this very moment people who are trying to avert an international scandal that might affect one’s standing on the world’s stage, not to mention their investments in the … Continue reading →

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Your Monday Blessing: Your Next Breath

Posted on May 8, 2017 by bobjanisdillon

Dear one I am keeping your next breath very close to me I carry it around like a sacred amulet like a child’s toy like the sky itself in my heart with it I walk on the earth dignified and … Continue reading →

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