Tag Archives: john f. kennedy

Nov22

kennedy on kennedy.

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jfk and family – the ones who i thought were my cousins

(a reblog from 10 years ago)

being born a kennedy, for as long as i can remember, i assumed that the other kennedys were just cousins who lived out east. when the killing of jfk happened, 50 years ago, (now 60 years), i had just turned 6, only 4 days before. i was in first grade and i remember being called in from recess and all of the adults were crying. that was the day i found out that i was not actually a cousin, and that people could die from things other than being very, very old.  it was one of those days when my world changed forever.

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my kennedy family

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“the essential self is innocent, and when it tastes its own innocence knows that it lives forever. “

-john updike

Feb21

democracy on presidents day.

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JFK in an open Studebaker on State Street in Ann Arbor – Oct. 1960

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happy president’s day to one of my favorites

whose words still ring true

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hoping we are relatives somewhere down the line

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“democracy is never a final achievement. it is a call to an untiring effort.”

-john f. kennedy

 

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credit: photo from the (Bentley Historical Society)

Feb19

on president’s day.

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“without debate, without criticism

no administration and no country can succeed

and no republic can survive.”

― john f. kennedy

 

 

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photo credit: national archives

Jan19

as we celebrate the life of one hero, martin luther king –

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we honor him with the words and life of another.

Nov22

kennedy on kennedy

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being born a kennedy, and for as long as i can remember, i always assumed that the other kennedys were just cousins who lived out east. when the killing of jfk happened, 50 years ago, i had just turned 6, only 4 days before. i was in first grade and i remember being called in from recess and all of the adults were crying. that was the day i found out that i was not actually a cousin, and that people could die from things other than being very, very old.  it was one of those days when my world changed forever.

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jfk and family – the ones who i thought to be my cousins

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my kennedy family

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The essential self is innocent, and when it tastes its own innocence knows that it lives forever.  – John Updike

Aug8

it don’t mean a thing if it ain’t got that swing

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going through my mother’s papers – organizing, passing on, saving gems – i came across an old newspaper, circa 1962, and loved everything about this article:

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“Show me a man with a great golf game, and I’ll show you a man who has been neglecting something.”
-John F. Kennedy