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I Hear America Singing is the title of an optimistic Walt Whitman poem. The title is the only thing this has in common with Walt's. Happy 4th of July... Image is wikipedia.commons and is not what America is singing...

oh lovely the day bright the sun's rise bolder the hope bolder the dream nearer the vast nearer the blue love is the sky and passion the sun brave is...

A knight most noble; his name, Sir Percival, rode along the snaking path of the chalk white Mountain; his armour of silver and gold shimmering in the...

Don't Forget - The 4th Of July By Paul McCann Today is American independence day - 4th of July . Its a time to celebrate liberty and to raise the...

I should have written sooner posting those words going round and around inside my head. I wanted to tell you often , how sad and depressed I was at...

Round The Turf Fire continued - Part 2 Paddy '" Da . I'm old enough now to marry ." Barney ' " You are son ." Paddy - I'm old enough now to have a...

I'm seen as stand-offish, because I don't actually join in these conversations at all... image released into the public domain by Magalhães at nl.wikipedia

little girl in a sunday dress the sunshine mingles on your face those marble eyes that know not distress sparkle like frills of golden lace youth's...

Awash with pints and halfs and even mouth puckering gin, with a slice of lemon and whisky in the same glass. Cocktails of his own devising. His day...