A stare down with
a butterfly
who seeks to defend
the purple flowers
along Greenwood Drive
26 August 2014
Grove City, Pennsylvania
Category Archives: Photo
Purple flowers, Grove City 1
Purple flowers, Dennison Park 1
A butterfly enjoys
purple flowers
in Dennison Park
24 August 2014
Cleveland Heights, OH
Filed under Cleveland Heights, Photo
The story so far
They began making music in 1989. I discovered them in 1993 or so with their album Fire of Freedom. The combination of Celtic Rock, Irish Republican sympathies, intriguing instrumentation (guitar, uilleann pipes, saxes, and trombone), and broad influences (reggae, hip hop, folk, and jazz) grabbed me. Named after the worst year of the Great Potato Famine, Black 47 has been one of my favorites since. I have seen them in Irish festivals and bars. I have dragged friends along.
About a year ago, the band members announced the time had come for Black 47 to call it quits. They recorded a final album, The Last Call, and embarked on the Last Call Tour that will culminate on November 15 at the B.B. King Bar and Grill in New York.
On August 1, they played for Irish Night at Citi Field prior to the Mets game. Tricia went with me for one more, one last concert. In the words of their song, “Rocking the Bronx“: “that’s the story so far.” I am glad to have experienced a part of the story.
See you along the Trail.
Purple flowers, Citi Field 1
While waiting with Tricia for
Black 47’s concert,
a stop on their Last Call tour,
a purple flower
winked out from a field of white.
1 August 2014
Citi Field
Queens, New York
Why I like New York 40: places to show friends
There is always something new to show friends who come to New York. Today, Grace Ji-Sun Kim and I went to Bryant Park. It was her first visit to the park. Great fun to see places in the city through first time visitors.
See you along the Trail.
Arrive – 14 June 2014
FedEx Kinko’s discovered.
I have arrived at General Assembly
12 June 2014
Marriott at the Renaissance
Detroit, Michigan
Filed under Photo, Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)
Arrive 2 – 14 June 2014
I had posted for this day.
Then, walking along the Detroit riverfront,
I saw this statue.
And it left me to wonder:
Where have we arrived?
How much farther do we have to go?
12 June 2014
Detroit RiverWalk
Detroit, Michigan
Filed under Photo, Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)
To – 13 June 2014
1 February 2014
Sending text and photos
to
the church and world
Interfaith Dialogue between
Sikh Coalition
and
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)
Manhattan, New York
