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George Francis Lewis, an English teacher at Brattleboro Union High School for 24 years and well-known figure in local civic, educational, and Episcopal Church circles, died Sunday, Dec. 18 after a period of declining health. He was 90.  In addition to his career at BUHS, Lewis was a resident of Guilford since 1968 when he, his wife Laura and daughter Louise settled there. He was a dedicated member of St. Michael’s Episcopal Church in Brattleboro for nearly 50 years, and a lifelong lover of the opera. Many no doubt saw Lewis over the years as he drove around Windham County in one of a series of Volvo sedans he owned, always easy to spot thanks to a unique Vermont license plate that read OPERA. Lewis was born on Nov. 19, 1926 in Richmond, Staten Island in New York, the son of Robert Miller Lewis and Louise Betty Charlotte (Arbogast) Lewis. He graduated from New Dorp High School in 1944 and then joined the Army where he served in the final months of World War II, eventually workin...

No Way To Say Goodbye Everybody knows - An anthem sadly prescient.

Just don't.

Calling any angel possible, right now. (--Video courtesy of Six Feet Under. )

A world without core human values, such as kindness, empathy, a connection to one's community, caring for others, is a world doomed to crumble and fail. Trump's world, I fear, would look much like Frank Capra's "Pottersville," from It's A Wonderful Life. A place where ruthless progress (for oneself) is valued over all else. We are a strong, but also fair and compassionate country. (At least we wisely strive to be.) But, Trump does not see any longterm value in those core human values. And that is his ultimate failing. Putting others needs and first is not partisan. It's not Socialism. It is human. And we need to stay human to survive. We need a presidency where core human values are built right into the very platform for our own happiness and survival. It is our country's capacity for caring for others how we both flex and strengthen our greatest muscles. And the entire planet sees this for what it is: Beautiful and revolutionary...

 Justin Vernon's really nice cover of Spoon song. Enable Ginger Cannot connect to Ginger Check your internet connection or reload the browser Disable in this text field Edit Edit in Ginger Edit in Ginger ×

Can't stop listening, watching...while  doing my face with a magic marker.   Guess I'm tilted, too.   Well, Héloïse Letissier, you will always be "Keith Richards" to me.  And Christine.  And I want to hear even more about "The Queens," too.  Keep sharing.  Keep moving.  Keep singing.  And keep expressing.  We need your gift for articulating the view from the margin along with your gorgeous self-acceptance now more than ever. "Tilted" I will die before Methusalah So I'll fight sleep with Ammonia And every morning with eyes all red I'll miss them for all the tears they shed But I'm actually good Can't help it if we're tilted I'm actually good Can't help it if we I'm actually good Can't help it if we're tilted I'm actually good Can't help it if we're tilted I miss prosthesis and mended souls Trample over beauty while singing their...