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Kevin Gleeson's Blog – November 2013 Archive (3)
Respect for JFK’s Legacy an Enduring Part of This Family
November 22nd. Strikes a sullen chord. Any year -- and yet this year, it is the 50th year. Striking a crescendo of deep and bitter sadness.
Maybe it’s because I was raised in a house where John Fitzgerald Kennedy’s picture (clipped from the Sunday Daily News…
ContinueAdded by Kevin Gleeson on November 20, 2013 at 7:30am — 4 Comments
Warfield Makes It Easy: 'Let Ye All Be Irish Tonight'
”They could take our land, starve our poor, destroy our homes and plunder our institutions; they could deny us education, but they could not destroy our music and song” No truer words were ever spoken. These are by Derek Warfield himself.
Derek Warfield is a singer, songwriter, mandolin player and a founding member of…
ContinueAdded by Kevin Gleeson on November 17, 2013 at 7:00pm — 1 Comment
'Sandy'-Whipped Rockaway -- One Year Later
I made several trips back into the devastation after that initial writing. The work never got easier. In fact it got much harder. Age on a man is often internal and aches and pains are the wrinkles.
Above, Cross Bay Blvd and a ship washed into the median. See more pictures below. Photos by Kevin Gleeson
One friend in particular deserves a mention here – a year later. Living in east Rockaway on…
ContinueAdded by Kevin Gleeson on November 17, 2013 at 7:00pm — No Comments
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