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Saturday, October 10, 2009
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Happy Birthday John Lennon and thank you for all the inspiration
the hats:
the stripes:
the glasses:
the denim:
the flowers:
the hats:
the stripes:
the glasses:
the denim:
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Nothing to do to save his life; call his wife in.
All he was saying was, "Give peace a chance".
When a celebrated person passes on, we may pause and reflect for a moment on his or her life and career, but then we move on. We may watch with appreciation the brilliant performance of a long dead James Dean in the film Giant and think not a thing about his absence from our lives. That's not the case in this instance.
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I sure do miss John Lennon.
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Before you cross the street
Take my hand
Life is what happens to you
While you're busy making other plans
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Anyone who was living in Goshen, NY in December 1980 will remember this:
Six days after he died, on Saturday the fourteenth, a worldwide vigil in John's memory was held at 2 PM EST. For ten minutes there was silence - peace - all across the planet earth. I had a couple friends over to observe the event on television. In the village of Goshen, although it had been a clear and sunny day, the moment the vigil began at two o'clock, it began to snow - and not just flurries - for ten solid minutes there was a blinding blizzard. At exactly 2:10, the moment the vigil ended, the snow stopped and the sun came out. His child-like, 1971 anthem, Imagine, drifted through the ether:
Imagine no possessions
I wonder if you can
No need for greed or hunger
A brotherhood of man
Imagine all the people
Sharing all the world
It was only at that moment that I felt happy for John Lennon.
http://www.tomdegan.blogspot.com
Tom Degan
Goshen, NY
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