Monday, my employer paid me for almost half the hours worked up to then without pay, but as I sit here at the desk at The Granite Guy, I wish I felt better than I feel. I’m still no closer to owning the truck. He promised Saturday to bring in the title, but having failed [...]
Archive for September, 2009
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Posted in Uncategorized on September 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Town Hall Meeting TONIGHT September 28 re Future of High Speed Rail in Springfield.
Posted in writing on September 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Host:
Friends, Romulans and Countrypersons: Lend me your eyes.
Location:
When:
Phone:
Host:
Michelle Higginbotham
Location:
St. John’s Hospital (Dove Auditorium)
800 E. Carpenter St.
Springfield, IL US
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When:
Monday, September 28, 7:00PM Add to my Outlook Calendar
Phone:
217-553-4629
The Grassroots Coalition for Consolidation invites you to join us for a Town Hall Meeting on the subject of the Third St. rail proposal.
We believe that a plan that [...]
Why is Teasing a Hawk A Woeful Pursuit?
Posted in writing on September 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Because it’s wrong to mock a killing bird.
Live long . . . . . and proper.
Gwen Klingler Thought I Might Own This Rockpile
Posted in writing on September 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
It’s always a treat to greet cherished acquaintances from the past coming up to the counter at Rock City. Former Illinois State Representative Gwenn Klinger fits that category nicely. During my years with Central City Neighborhood Association/ne/Vinegar Hill Neighborhood Association, we held an annual “Neighborfest” at Washington Park, and Gwenn came to everyone to say [...]
Railroad Consolidation Rally TODAY
Posted in writing on September 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
At 5:00 pm in front of the Illinois Association of Realtors Building at 522 S. Fifth, across from the Executive Mansion (where the Illinois govorner used to live), concerned central Illinois citizens will gather to promote the consolidation of high speed rail tracks along the 10th Street corridor. YOU should be among those citizens. I [...]
The Republicans Must Live By the Sea
Posted in writing on September 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I say this because not since I visited Daytona Beach as a third grader have I seen so many flip-floppers. They’re strutting around DC as though they invented the word “peace.” And in a sense they did because when there is banking influence pie on the table, so many say, “I’d like a piece for [...]
Wednesday Confessional
Posted in poetry, writing on September 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Wednesday Confessional
By Job Conger
I would rather lose myself in wine
than find myself in tears.
I have lost myself in love’s sweet songs
and found myself in solitude.
I have lost myself in selfless sharing
and found myself in the silence that too often comes after.
I would rather lose myself if,
in losing myself, I lose expectations.
I have lost myself in [...]
Witnesses and Friends
Posted in writing on September 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I’m jabbering to Facebook more than Honey & Quinine lately because I’m sensing a growing distinction between between witnesses and friends, and I like to think I have more witnesses at FB than H&Q. Even my postings here at H&Q are shared at FB, but I don’t know they draw more attention than my “status [...]
a song A Place
Posted in poetry, writing on September 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
A Place
By Job Conger
There is a place for peace in me:
A secret, hidden part
Where I can go
When slings and arrows
Penetrate my heart.
There is a place for peace in me –
Where hate does not prevail –
With gentle breeze
And calmer seas
On which my soul can sail.
(refrain)
I find it in the busy street,
Whyere poets come to read,
In a [...]
Warren Pease
Posted in arts, poetry, writing on September 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Warren Pease
By Job Conger
Sometimes . . . . there IS no song
as he watches the world
and listens
and writes,
as he considers the man
he almost became
and forgets the man he is.
He thought that when his father
harangued him mercilessly
for his abundant shortcomings,
he thought his father was revealing the son.
Not true.
He was revealing himself.
He does not feel bad
about the [...]
