Kevin Kirkpatrick

Life in the Moment

the frogs at night are so loud they can keep one awake trying to figure out the meaning of it all…..the river that went over it’s banks has brought many seeking asylum to a new temporary homeland in Cook county.

Happy 94th Pete Seeger! 

Happy 94th Pete Seeger! 

Highlites? 

Highlites? 

The Clash 1977 - Belfast Northern Ireland

The Clash 1977 - Belfast Northern Ireland

Only Claire!

Only Claire!

Perhaps The most prolific songwriter of the last 30 plus years

HIATT, JOHN
When I was a boy,
I thought it just came to you
But I never could tell what’s mine
So it didn’t matter anyway

My only pride and joy
Was this racket down here
Banging on an old guitar
And singin’ what I had to say 

I always thought our house was haunted
Cuz nobody said “boo” to me
I never did get what I wanted
But now I get what I need 

It’s been a slow turning
From the inside out
A slow turning
But you come about 

A slow learning
But you learn to sway-ah-hay-hay-hay
A slow turning, baby
Not fade away, not fade away, not fade away

Now I’m in my car
Ooh, I got the radio on
Now I’m yellin’ at the kids in the back
Cuz they’re banging like Charlie Watts 

You think you’ve come so far
In this one horse town
Then she’s laughing that crazy laugh
Cuz you haven’t left the parkin’ lot 

Time is short and here’s the damn thing about it
You’re gonna die, gonna die for sure
**And you can learn to LIVE with love or without it
But there ain’t no cure 

It’s just a slow turning
From the inside out
A slow turning
But you come about, ya

A slow turning, baby
But you learn to sway-ah-hay-hay-hay
A slow turning
Not fade away, not fade away, not fade away
Not fade away, not fade away

A slow turning, a slow turning,
A slow turning, a slow turning

Civil War 2013

Is it just me? Are we in the midst of another civil war? Not slavery of the old kind but slavery of the mind?

We are so angry at each other that we cannot listen. We are so angry at each other that we cannot empathize. We are so angry at each other that we are beginning to segregate. 

You see it on Facebook….if it’s a share from Huff Post it immediately draws ire from the right. If it’s a share from Fox news…well you get the picture……