Ghost Ranch
Abiquiu, New Mexico
31 July 2009
Many enjoy purple flowers for many reasons.
See you along the Trail.
Monthly Archives: June 2012
Purple flowers, Ghost Ranch 3
Filed under Ghost Ranch Views, Photo
New siding, still unsold
The Shire,
still unsold,
has a new look.
I had always wondered
about having shingles on the front
of a house or a condo,
still unsold.
See you along the Trail.
Wistfulness
Wistfulness mixes with joy
as I read Eric’s three-letter text:
ABQ.
He has landed in Albuquerque
for another summer at Ghost Ranch.
Joy.
It appears most likely
I will not spend
any time in
New Mexico
this year.
Wistfulness.
So I post this photo of the Sandias
taken from the Rio Grande Nature Center
and smile.
See you along the Trail …
just not the Trail in New Mexico …
at least this year.
Urgent action needed: Ask Governor Kasich to issue reprieve
From Ohioans to Stop Executions
Ohio plans to execute Abdul Awkal on June 6 for the 1992 murders of his estranged wife and her brother in Cleveland. There is no reasonable doubt about that. The larger question is always about the death penalty itself. The specific question in this case focuses on the mental competency of Mr. Awkal.
Here are recent developments: Governor Kasich denied clemency to Mr. Awkal on May 30 without explanation.
The governor’s decision came after the Ohio Parole Board issued a split recommendation against clemency.
I join Ohioans to Stop Executions in calling concerned individuals to contact Governor Kasich’s office by phone at 614-466-3555 or by e-mail and urge him to issue a reprieve so courts can determine if Mr. Awkal is competent for execution. Attorneys for Mr. Awkal will present new evidence that Mr. Awkal is incompetent to be executed.
I vote in Ohio – long story – but I do – and only in Ohio.
I have contacted Governor Kasich telling him that I do not want the State of Ohio to kill in my name!
See you along the Trail.
Related articles
- Ohio readies execution for mentally ill prisoner (rt.com)
- 6 June execution date in Ohio (graybeardtrail.wordpress.com)
- BREAKING: Ohio Governor Denies Clemency To Severely Mentally Ill Death Row Inmate (thinkprogress.org)
Filed under Capital Punishment, Current Events, Death Penalty
Once a place of great delight
Anxiety tugs at his heart
and memories rise
as he nears the place –
memories once sweet
have now turned ashen,
burned bitter;
pain sears him,
slows him,
stops him.
He shakes his head
squeezes his eyes,
clutches his chest.
The pain remains,
eases,
increases.
Unwilling to turn away,
he deeply sighs
and moves forward,
to cross the threshold,
recognizing the pain will be
his constant companion
from that moment forward,
forevermore.
2 June 2012
While welcomed at Moe’s
Louisville, KY
Along the Graybeard Trail 