Half of Martha's Vineyard fled to the mainland yesterday to avoid the oncoming storm that arrived this morning. We were ferrying over as they were leaving. We started our trek from South Station, Boston, to catch the ferry at Woods Hole. Along the way I met
My wife and I waited three hours in line last evening to show our respect for Senator Kennedy with thousands of others at the JFK Library in Boston, Massachusetts. The stories of those in line were rich with affection for the Senator and his family. One
Looking out onto Madison Square Gardens was like looking out onto the Grand Canyons for the first time. Breathtaking. I walked up to a security guard and asked him, “Where did Mohammed Ali box?” He looked at me and said, “I don’t know. I’ve never
He Was A Real Good Man (Honoring Craig Wilkins) I met Craig along time ago When I went to college Right after I left home Much older and wiser than me He just got out of the military He was real good man. A real good man. They don’t make ‘em much
This afternoon I received a note from Jack Niedenthal, who is producing a film called "Ña Noniep" in the Marshall Islands. He was asking to use one of my songs, Freedom, Oh Freedom, in the movie. I originally wrote and recorded Freedom, Oh Freedom with
I have had the opportunity to tool around in some beautiful European cities and until now I would say I would rate them for beauty and interest—Paris, Leningrad, Barcelona, Florence, with Amsterdam, Venice and Warsaw also on the list. But Edinburgh just became number two behind Paris. It
Be The Change When all do better we all do better Children of earth standing together Be the change you believe in —Be The Change by Larry Long After completing a successful run of the play Wellstone! at the Sabes Jewish Community Center through September, I
Be The Change: Paul and Sheila Wellstone were my friends for over thirty years. During their last Senatorial campaign, I flew with Paul & Sheila to a debate in southwestern Minnesota. On the flight home, I asked Paul how he was able to handle
The Dalai Lama For five amazing days in July of 2008, over four thousand people gathered at a coliseum in Madison, Wisconsin, to listen to His Holiness the Dalai Lama speak. He guided us through fifty hours of selected readings from his book Stages of Meditation
The Psalms As a child, I would close my eyes and allow my finger to drop on the scripture that God wanted me to read. In times of need God's revelations leaped off the pages of the PSALMS. The PSALMS gave me the poetry of the