For a friend

A cosmic shaman, musician, poet, ringer of bells,,,

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHo1fNnXFVU

We love you and always will

Just because?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cbFG6kbV9YM

Happy Birthday Sidney Poitier! We love you and miss you!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2f6FBvdok-s

This is like, one of the best tribute/cover CDs I have ever gotten

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VrFhRJgsZls

Oh! And I do like hearing from our daughters

I have posted this stuff any time, not just during Black History Month

But for now, there are those who would like to just ignore, or make go away that any of this has happened or happens

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9abiT1qtR5I

I am reminded of a song and then another from the Sidney doco.

These are heart stirring songs calling me from my childhood

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9KC7uhMY9s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57Ykv1D0qEE

Just because it is fun

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKyWLAaStwM

One from that carved rosewood box

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GA8z7f7a2Pk

Shane MacGowan is a poet if anything

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJQLSVFsqmU

I remember PSB referring to him once as The Patron Saint of Excessive Fools. (I hope I got that right)
I know he loved hm too.

That’s right, I am revisiting this one too

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmxMe4mrzBs

Makes me smile

This is needing to say the truth of tragedy, and needing to know and affirm that something better is not only needed, but absolutely possible.
And this, coming from the trenches

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPZydAotVOY

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