tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4130421352415377273.post7899076720515552624..comments2024-03-29T07:54:19.736-07:00Comments on Books in Northport: Managing My Blood PressureP. J. Grathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12693462910472164289noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4130421352415377273.post-36358980024742089382017-06-17T12:24:30.327-07:002017-06-17T12:24:30.327-07:00Maybe what's new is how far those money-grabbi...Maybe what's new is how far those money-grabbing tentacles reach into the lives and pockets of the middle class. To working class people, it's nothing new: "I owe my soul to the company store." <br /><br />Dogs, poetry, outdoors -- thank heaven it's June!P. J. Grathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12693462910472164289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4130421352415377273.post-66489729978582951352017-06-15T11:33:13.541-07:002017-06-15T11:33:13.541-07:00Hedrick Smith should know better. He's a much ...Hedrick Smith should know better. He's a much better historian than I am. The more I dig into the context of my grandparents' lives and THEIR grandparents' lives, the more I realize that none of this is new. That can be pretty depressing. On the other hand, successful resistance is not new either. Maybe we just have to find a good way to make the successes last longer . . . <br /><br />Poetry is a great help. Also walking dogs and looking at the flowers and the mushrooms and listening to the lake. Also visiting you.<br /><br />It's almost time for Stone Circle to start up again. Poetry outdoors. Excellent.Gerryhttp://torchlakeviews.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com