Monthly Archives: February 2017

HANDS OF BRICK by Peter Nolan Smith

February 12, 2017 – 1:49 pm

Every high tide deposited beer bottles, oil containers, fishing lines, shiny candy wrappers, and plastic bags onto the sloping shoreline of Jomtien Beach. At low tide I harvested the trash into sea-worn rice bags. Within a half-hour the sand was devoid of any human refuse and I smugly regarded the pristine strand with pride. While […]

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NBA Color Blind

February 12, 2017 – 1:25 pm

This NBA season I have been watching the Boston Celtics on www.vipbox.me. The website remains with the game during commercial breaks. Last night my hometown team played the Utah Jazz and I noticed once more that the crowd was mostly white. Like 99% white. And very white. While the players are predominantly black. I haven’t […]

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STRANGE FRUIT Billy Holiday

February 12, 2017 – 11:21 am

Billy Holiday was introduced to the song STRANGE FRUIT by the owner of NY’s integrated nightclub Cafe Society. The words came from a poem by a Jewish school teacher from the Bronx. According to Wikipedia she first performed the song in 1939 closing out her set in total darkness other than the light on her […]

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Big Mouth White Boy

February 12, 2017 – 9:50 am

The Boston Celtics had assembled the Big Three to win the NBA Championship. In 2008 my team won the title behind Paul Pierce, Ray Allen, and Kevin Garnett with help from center Kendrick Perkins and the playmaking sensation Rajon Rondo. The Celtics met the LA Lakers in 2010 Finals to repeat their success. Kobe subbed […]

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Circus Life in Thailand

February 12, 2017 – 12:12 am

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