Oh the long tradition. Much regret we are not gathering together. Many good wishes and gratitude to all of you on this Thanksgiving. A lot to be thankful for this year. A raised glass to you.
Month: November 2008
A piece of Walt Whitman on this historic day:
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From 1884
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If I should need to name, O Western World, your powerfulest scene and show,
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‘Twould not be you, Niagara – nor you, ye limitless prairies – nor your huge
rifts of canyons, Colorado,
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Nor you, Yosemite – nor Yellowstone, with all its spasmic geyserloops
ascending to the skies, appearing and disappearing,
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Nor Oregon’s white cones – nor Huron’s belt of mighty lakes – nor
Mississippi’s stream:
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This seething hemisphere’s humanity, as now, I’d name – the still small
voice vibrating – America’s choosing day…
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