Monthly Archives: May 2023

Memorial Day 2023

Posted on 05/29/2023 by Jorge Medico

We need Memorial Day, not for the “spectacular sales and savings” nor for opportunity to relax over a three day weekend – we need it to remind us, as Gary Sinise and Joe Montegna do each year, broadcasting their annual … Continue reading →

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Daffynitions

Posted on 05/22/2023 by Jorge Medico

The Washington Post’s Style Invitational also asked readers to take any word from the dictionary, alter it by adding, subtracting, or changing one letter, and supply a new definition. Here are some past year’s winners: 1. Bozone (n.): The substance … Continue reading →

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How the Government Works

Posted on 05/15/2023 by Jorge Medico

Once upon a time the government had a vast scrap yard in the middle ofa desert.Congress said, “Someone may steal from it at night.”So they created a night watchman position and hired a person at$18,000.00 a year for the job. Then … Continue reading →

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Resuscitation Bay Elegy

Posted on 05/08/2023 by Jorge Medico

This poem plunges us into the controlled chaos of a hospital’s emergency department where a doctor’s urgent mandate to save life gives way to the poet’s anguished elegy, as literally and metaphorically we touch another person’s heart. Resuscitation Bay Elegy … Continue reading →

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Skyscrapers

Posted on 05/04/2023 by Jorge Medico

Sometimes an artist, a poet has an idea that is so simply brilliant that you find yourself being jealous not having thought of it yourself. This is an example of such a concept. Skyscrapers I Like The way That when … Continue reading →

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