There’s a verse in the New Testament – “All things work together for good….” This Easter Sunday, April 12 at 2 PM, mezzo soprano Denyce Graves will give a free concert on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial joined by Sweet Honey in the Rock, the Washington National Opera, and the Chicago Children’s Choir. Graves [...]
This week’s Presidential message goes out to the people of North Dakota and Minnesota who are fighting the floods along the Red River. First came the rain, then the snow. In North Dakota, the river has risen over 40 feet. Eighteen feet is considered flood stage. For up-to-date information about the flood in Fargo, visit [...]
I laughed when I read this on E-Notes. Apparently, we stumbled across the same article in the Washington Post yesterday. I was tempted to title this post “Washington, DC Mayor Proposes Making Freedom Optional to Trim City’s Budget Deficit.” In an effort to trim and balance the budget, D.C.’s Mayor Adrian Fenty is proposing making [...]
“I think knowing one’s history leads one to act in a more enlightened fashion. I can not imagine how knowing one’s history would not urge one to be an activist.” Historian John Hope Franklin joined the ancestors this morning. He was 94. John Hope Franklin was a historian, scholar, whose own life story was part [...]
E-Notes/E. Ethelbert Miller is back on-line from reading poetry in Abu Dhabi which brings my attentions back to eclectique|916. Writing E-Notes blog for a few days put me in touch with my inner haiku. I guess this is what happens when you blog for a poet. Back to the ecletique life. As usual the news [...]
