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Binky speaks of balance
my hopi indian friend, binky person called yesterday. i’ve spoken of him on lordflea before, about how ironic it is for me, a person who writes and arts, lives in the congested East Coast of America, yet holds true the sacred of all beings in my heart as the most important things to cherish–that binky and…
Read Moreoh, and did i mention…?
Here it is, lordflea readers! the FIRST EXCERPT of my new book, “Dharma Brat” a nonfiction narrative, soon to be at your favorite bookseller. As I look up at the constellation Orion, here in my new home in St. Augustine, where we moved after seventeen years in Lackland, I remember that I forgot to tell…
Read Morerainy day yummmm–sharing the goodies
check out: www.tspspices.com they are a terrif product, maybe you already know of these little darlings. rainy today. last night just a good girlfriend over to visit us and made the GREAT SURPRISE i’d discovered while Carter was away skiing in Vermont…which is… FREASH spinach (two big bunches): first sautee entire head of garlic…
Read Morechallenge the fear mongers afoot
why is it the news is always filled with bad news: the TV, newspapers, even internet bloggers all jump on fear as if it’s a bronco they love to fall off of, get back up on, fall back off again, on and on, as the fear mongers laugh themselves black and blue all the way…
Read Morethe unpredictable serendipity of …
have to tell you about my 90 year-old mom: the other day she was waiting at the light, having come to check our mail for us while we were in cuba, and suddenly she saw an accident in front of her, on US 1, a big thoroughfare she was waiting to turn onto. mind you,…
Read MoreAn open letter from a priest in Cuba
this was published by the blog DESDE CUBA (www.desdecuba.com in Spanish, and www.desdecuba/generationy in English) I’m reprinting here, because this is the TRUTH about what’s happening inside CUBA, for those of my readers who have been following my views, since my recent trip to habana. forget MY opinion…this one is the real deal. lordflea sending good…
Read Morethis ain’t no blog, this is a dream
friend, (remember, you can CLICK COMMENT at very end of every post, please do!) i’m asking myself today: why blog? so many do, it seems rather…uh, ordinary to add so much more “opinion” to the digital blitzkrieg. but i believe why i share my thoughts and my art is to convey nothing ordinary, but rather things EXTRAordinary. truthfully–i share publicly to speak…
Read MoreAmerican developer discusses Cuba’s future
friends y amigos, and now…a word from our good friend Don Chiofaro, the developer of boston’s famed International Place, who was in our traveling party recently to Habana. this is his take, a requested Op-Ed by the Boston Herald newspaper, commenting on the current cuban situation, from Don’s personal and businessman’s point of view. He also quite liked the local salsa…
Read Morecuba dreams…art and soul
friends, soon there will be a dawning day in habana, when the celebration of other cultures comes to the island of cuba, and its people open more to others through–ahhh, art! art taps the very soul of the human spirit. what better way to open up the minds and hearts of the cuban people, and then, in due order,…
Read Moreanother view of cuba
friend don chiofaro has written a requested op-ed for the Boston Herald, coming out soon, which we’ll publish here at lordflea when his views hit the newsstand. thanks Don, i agree whole-heartedly, that it’s time for a change. the U.S. embargo, after fifty years, has done nothing but hurt the cuban people, and done nothing to stop the revolutionary government, except…
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