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I'll Fly Away
“History will be kind to me for I intend to write it.” ― Winston S. Churchill Having a lot of trouble getting going this morning, after a...

Mike Dickey
Sep 16, 20256 min read


Too Much Loss
Well how do you prove love? Or what a man's made of? I don't make these ambitions mine I just want him to know God I miss him so I kiss...

Mike Dickey
Sep 12, 20252 min read


Finally, a Martyr
Raise the flag! The ranks tightly closed! The SA marches with calm, steady step. Comrades shot by the Red Front and reactionaries March...

Mike Dickey
Sep 11, 20251 min read


Familiar Ground
“Every traveler has a home of his own, and he learns to appreciate it the more from his wandering.” ― Charles Dickens Awoke after all...

Mike Dickey
Sep 10, 20251 min read


A Sketcher and a Poet
A brief post between a lengthy hearing and a Zoom deposition. Just this. You have to hand it to Murdoch, and his showmanship skills. He...

Mike Dickey
Sep 9, 20251 min read


Tuning Out
"According to my watch the time is now The past is dead and gone Don’t try to shake it just nod your head Breathe In, Breathe Out, Move...

Mike Dickey
Sep 8, 20252 min read


The Dangers of an Alternative Reality
"We build statues out of snow, and weep to see them melt." - Walter Scott Still reeling over the Navy's murder of eleven people in a boat...

Mike Dickey
Sep 5, 20253 min read


So Much Moonshine
“Scratch any cynic and you will find a disappointed idealist.” ― George Carlin Do you see it up there on the hill? That first sentinel of...

Mike Dickey
Sep 4, 20254 min read


HoJo and Me
"Sons have always a rebellious wish to be disillusioned by that which charmed their fathers." - Aldous Huxley Lately I've found a...

Mike Dickey
Sep 3, 20253 min read


A Bit of Tuesday Gloom
"Melancholy, indeed, should be diverted by every means but drinking." - Samuel Johnson Slane is crying. He walks back-and-forth in my...

Mike Dickey
Sep 2, 20254 min read


Long Weekend
"Once a year, go somewhere you've never been before". -The Dalia Lama Finding myself trying to recount how we spent this long weekend,...

Mike Dickey
Sep 1, 20254 min read


A Welcome Distraction
"Football : A sport that bears the same relation to education that bullfighting does to agriculture.'" -Elbert Hubbard My grandfather...

Mike Dickey
Aug 29, 20255 min read


The End of One Narrative
I'll move myself and my family aside If we happen to be left half-alive I'll get all my papers and smile at the sky For I know that the...

Mike Dickey
Aug 28, 20253 min read


The Demon of Unrest
"You are rushing into war with one of the most powerful, ingeniously mechanical, and determined people on Earth — right at your doors....

Mike Dickey
Aug 27, 20253 min read


Bicentennial
"Ghosts are all around us. Look for them, and you will find them." - Ruskin Bond Quite a lovely morning out there. Forty-eight degrees at...

Mike Dickey
Aug 26, 20253 min read


Running Off Friends
"There is nothing on this earth more to be prized than true friendship." - Thomas Aquinas So, I've been a little churlish these days...

Mike Dickey
Aug 25, 20254 min read


Kiss and Kennedy
… You show us everything you've got You keep on dancin' and the room gets hot You drive us wild, we'll drive you crazy You say you wanna...

Mike Dickey
Aug 21, 20253 min read


On a More Positive Note
"Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out." - Anton Chekhov A beautiful, rainy morning here in Corning....

Mike Dickey
Aug 20, 20253 min read


A Hard Look in the Mirror
My Church and my Country could use a little mercy now As they sink into a poisoned pit That’s going to take forever to climb out They...

Mike Dickey
Aug 19, 20253 min read


What to Do?
When they kick at your front door How you gonna come? With your hands on your head Or on the trigger of your gun When the law break in...

Mike Dickey
Aug 18, 20252 min read
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