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Feb16

all the presidents then.

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not us, but similar free-ranging all-aged kids of the 60s

out on the suburban streets

of their neighborhood enjoying the day’s adventures

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I remember being president, or at least co-president, junior president, vice president, secretary of the president, checker president (who checked a list to see who was there), or some title with the word president in it more than once, in our neighborhood clubs that we made up. we had a book club, bike club, exploring scary old houses club, safety drill club, walking far club (we took canteens), detective club… we loved to have clubs and we loved to have job titles, without really having any jobs to do. today, all these years later, on president’s day, I honor all of the kids who held our presidential positions and did our best to have fun adventures every day and make sure everybody was okay and got home for meals on time with both shoes.

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‘i have no special talent. i am only passionately curious.’

-albert einstein

 

 

 

 

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Oct1

100.

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President Jimmy Carter surrounded by school children in North Carolina, April 29, 1977.
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happy 100, jimmy!
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Jimmy Carter served as the 39th President of the United States from 1977 to 1981. He was awarded the 2002 Nobel Peace Prize for work to find peaceful solutions to international conflicts, to advance democracy and human rights, and to promote economic and social development.
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‘we will not learn how to live together in peace by killing each other’s children.’

-jimmy carter

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)

Nov5

counting.

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and the counting continues…..

 

 

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“there’ll be time enough for counting when the dealing’s done.”

-kenny rogers

 

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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Feb20

who will be our leader?

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“if your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more,

do more and become more, you are a leader.”

-john quincy adams (U.S. president 1825-1829)

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on presidents’ day.

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Nov9

after.

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“history is nothing if not an epic tale of missed opportunities.”

-graydon carter

Sep26

truth.

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john f. kennedy’s campaign appearance 

at the train station

1960 ann arbor michigan

(with tom payne, patrick mcnamara, governor swainson, soapy williams)

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on this day of the first debate 

by the candidates for the u.s. presidency

i look

back to the past 

ahead to the future

and

hope for the truth

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“a nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth and falsehood

in an open market is a nation that is afraid of its people.”

– john f. kennedy

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credits: ali van den broek, ann arbor townies, ann arbor archives

 

Aug15

act.

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yesterday

i went to the official opening 

of the local headquarters 

for 

my choice of candidates

for the office of

the next

president of the united states of america.

when i pulled into the parking lot

there was not a space to be had 

there was a torrential downpour of rain 

yet people of all ages

were waiting

and

pouring out of the door

and

once i walked into the room

there was

so much enthusiasm 

and

so full of hope

and

postive thinking

it was overwhelming

 i’m excited to say that

tomorrow i’ll begin helping them

to try to make it all happen in november.

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“act as if what you do makes a difference. it does.”

~william james

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