Thank You Ninja Nurse, Democommie And Patient Friends

I have been a deeply dormant blogger, but the encouragement of the NinjaNurse, and Democommie and the famous bloggers of Newport and Other Mysterious Settings is waking me from the slumber.

This past Saturday at a wonderful Halloween event in my neighborhood, I had the great fortune to see Alex Svoboda, my friend whose knee was so harmed by the authorities in Pawtucket and who works joyfully with the Wobblies. Incredibly there are still charges pending against her ( and one or two others ).

Grace Paley's Birthday is approaching.

Rhett Jones' spirit is, I'm sure, following this Obama Administration and football and theatre and Civil Rights.

Marsha Z. West is Dancing and somewhere laughing about silly people blogging in her Memory.

And Harold Rogovin? Somewhere making jokes in Yiddish and reflecting on Sacco and Vanzetti.

"A bus of hopeful travelers..." [to Inauguration and back]

That was Ethan and me and about 53 others. We didn't make it back to Providence until 3:35 A.M.

I will be writing some thoughts down, but am not quite ready. Here is a link to the blog of Ted Mann from The Day of New London, Connecticut...

"To Be A Part of History" is the Slide Show created by Peter Huoppi. I have not been able to see it on the computer successfully...

OK, Rick Warren didn't come Out. Everyone's timetable is distinct. I wished his prayer had been edited down to 1/3 of its actual offering. Many people probably think the same of my spiritual offerings.

I knew this blog was in the capable hands of a team. Thank you, Tom and Democommie.

A Library Is Announced: http://ProvidenceCommunityLibrary.org/index.html

The press conference at City Hall was splendid. I am just too sleepy-headed to contrive anything other than cliches and misspellings. And this blog has seen a lot of posts the last few days...

( thank you, democommie, Dex and Tom Kalinowski!!! )

Here's the link:
http://providencecommunitylibrary.org/index.html

Happy Birthday, democommie !!

Well, I may have missed it or it may be tomorrow or Sunday or even next week, but why limit our recognition to one day?

Dear democommie, a beloved contributor to this blog and commentator on many, and YES: the author and proprietor of his own, POLRANT: IF BEING A DECENT HUMAN BEING WERE EASY THE REICHTARDS WOULD HAVE FIGURED IT OUT LONG AGO
http://polrant.blogspot.com/
is celebrating a birthday !

And the francosphere (as General JC Christian calls it) has reason to rejoice!

Dear demo, I hope this week brings you joy and peace and hope. There are many of us on the internet tubez enjoying your wit and wisdom...Thank you.

Thank You Family.

I cried less than I expected during the 5 days in South Carolina; mostly there were tears of joy. Eric Steven Richardson passed away last June, but the love among family members is wide and strong, and it's a large family. I met the three brothers I've heard so much about, and a Step-brother, and a Brother from Omega (you know who you are!) and many cousins, Sisters, uncles, aunts, ministers, deacons, neighbors. Thank you Zion Canaan Baptist Church for the food for spirit and body. The baked chicken is more popular than the fried!

I thank every single person who hugged Ethan and me. Every person who smiled.

The day we arrived, I managed to destroy two (more?) tourist shot glasses in the Columbia airport, and was calculating the bite out of my wallet, and the kind people said, don't you even think about paying for them! That is not a response I imagine from any body in New York, Connecticut, Rhode Island, or Massachusetts...

Perhaps the oldest relative I met was: Ms Lillian Hockaday(??)Jones, Eric's Great Aunt, Ethan's Great Great Aunt, 88 years young, who traveled from North Carolina to be present.

Thank you to the Many in the Northeast who supported and encouraged this Trip in myriad ways, not leastly the Blogging Team here...

Thank You, Creators!